Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Senator also raised the plight of Ms Marie Therese O'Loughlin and the letter from the Minister for Health and Children confirming that the Department had an inspection role as regards the institution in which she was housed. I will seek to speak to the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, on this matter.

Senator Glynn spoke about the lakes and canals being denuded of fish. Senator Finucane raised the matter of the increase in the number of road deaths. He spoke about immigrants and whether they brought vehicles into the country and asked, in the event, whether these were subject to road worthiness tests. I do not know, but it is an important point since a quarter of all the recent road deaths were accounted for by immigrants from Latvia and the Czech Republic. There was a sad case just outside Athlone, where two young women were killed, one from the Czech Republic and the other from Ireland. They were travelling in the car owned by the woman from the Czech Republic.

Senator Norris raised the matter of his Private Members' Bill. He asks whether there is now to be another committee, as mentioned last night by the Taoiseach when he launched the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution's Tenth Progress Report: The Family. The Taoiseach indicated that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was to set up such a committee and Senator Norris asked about that. He also referred to matters affecting a proposed committee on rendition. I do not see Senator Bradford in the House, but perhaps Senator Brian Hayes might volunteer in that regard.

Senator Norris raised the issue of the accurate reflection of what Members say in the House. A year ago I had occasion to raise the matter of an erroneous report to the effect that I had appealed to the Debates Office. I asked that whatever I had said be printed and it was. I wish everything I say was not printed, but that is another day's work.

Senator Ulick Burke spoke about public-private partnerships. I well remember him raising the matter of Jarvis, the construction firm that has now sat down, so to speak. A UK firm will be coming in to finish the work. I will endeavour to get the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, to come into the House to speak about the matter. Senator Maurice Hayes called for a debate on road safety and asked about the Garda ombudsman. The motion on the Garda Ombudsman Commission will be taken either tomorrow or next week. It is in the Dáil this afternoon, so we will take it on from there.