Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The staff in that hotel are not unionised and while small increases in pay are warranted for them it seems to be difficult to get them.

Senator Dardis said in a wry voice that the level of interest in the Seanad rises substantially when we talk of the media. I suppose people like to hear about themselves. Senator Dardis also noted how well the national pensions reserve fund has performed. He pointed out that it was the previous Minister for Finance who introduced that fund.

Echoing what Senator Ulick Burke said, Senator Terry praised the Garda activity in west Dublin. Senator Glynn suggested that joggers and pedestrians should wear reflective vests and called for a road safety debate. He also referred to the inland waterways, saying that fishermen are not returning the fish they take from those waters. There is no law in that area, apart from the regulation that pike under a certain size must be put back in the water.