Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

We are approaching the Christmas season. Given that New Year's Day can, unfortunately, be an anti-climax in many respects, it would be appropriate to provide some special funding for voluntary groups or town councils to organise fireworks displays in their towns for young families. We normally see images from Sydney of New Year's Eve fireworks while New Year's Day is invariably a damp squib here. We should celebrate the beginning of a new year in that way. If a small sum of money were allocated to the various groups they could organise displays and make New Year's Day a more enjoyable family day.