John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

I am sure Senator Norris will continue to contribute very well to the Order of Business, as he always does. If my suggestion is agreed, perhaps we can proceed on that basis.

Senators O'Toole and Leyden raised the issue of planning in the west, which was also raised yesterday by Senator Feighan. We have debated the issue several times in the past, but it would merit future debate. Some good points have been made in that regard.

Senator Ryan referred to people being arrested for minor offences and large numbers of gardaí being involved. While that is an operational matter for the Garda Síochána, on the face of it, it does not look good. I can understand why they made have done so, but it is a matter for the Garda Síochána.

Senators Finucane, Cox, Norris and others spoke about random breath testing and the penalty points system. Senator Finucane made a good proposal for making people aware of the offences in advance of the new regime coming into operation on 1 April. There were many calls yesterday for a debate on road safety so perhaps we could have an omnibus debate on traffic accidents, road safety and enforcement. I understand there is a difficulty with regard to seizing cars that come here from outside the jurisdiction, but I will speak to the Minister about it on behalf of Senator Ryan.

The matter of search-engine censorship was also raised. Senator Ryan is correct with regard to postering. If one goes to France or Italy, there are places where municipal posters can be put up and that is the way to proceed. In the good old days, people went to churches on a Sunday morning, as we did ourselves, and put leaflets on car windows but that is not satisfactory.