John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

The House has worked efficiently which is to the credit of the Leader and to Eamonn McCormack for the way they have organised its business. There has been a gratifying level of co-operation which has helped us do our business in an orderly way. It is gratifying that an increasing number of Bills are initiated in this House, relative to several years ago. That is a tribute to the quality of the debate. The debates are helpful to Ministers in the development of legislation. I thank the Clerk of the Seanad, the Clerk Assistant and everybody in their office. It must have been a monumental task to organise all the amendments to the Garda Síochána Bill 2005. I am in awe of how they can do it within the timeframe they are given.

I also thank the Editor of Debates for the way that job is done. As I said on another occasion, we get the reports very quickly whereas it used to take several weeks. I thank Jimmy Walsh and other members of the media for their reporting and I thank the ushers and other staff in the Houses who looked after us during the session. I wish everybody a pleasant holiday and hope they come back reinvigorated for the battle in the autumn.