Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Brian Hayes, the Leader of the Opposition, spoke about what he termed "the side deal". He said that Seanad reform should not be cherry-picked. I wish to be quite clear about the matter. The report on Seanad reform was issued to every Member of this House. The Senator was a member of the committee that sat here in the Chamber and which met with parties from Northern Ireland and from this jurisdiction. Everything was published in the package on Seanad reform. This House debated the matter for three days and everybody was given an opportunity to speak on it. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has set up a committee and he has written to each party leader asking them to put forward a name. Senator Brian Hayes is aware of this because——