David Norris (Independent)

We appear to pass it by.

Finally, I wish to raise a matter that I gather was referred to yesterday when, unfortunately, I was unable to be here for the Order of Business, namely, diplomatic visits and, in particular, the visit to Argentina by a group from a joint Oireachtas committee. I support these trips which I believe are valuable even though in this case one of the projects relating to shellfish cultivation and salmon farming was exposed as folly. Even taking that into account, the development of good relations and contacts is most helpful in diplomatic terms. However, I deplore the tone in which perfectly legitimate questions from RTE were replied to by the leader of that delegation, Deputy O'Flynn, and his repeated references to the fact that——