Brendan Daly (Fianna Fail)

I want to add to the comments made by Senators O'Toole and Feeney on the ability of people from other jurisdictions to practise here. The Leader might ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to give us an up-to-date briefing on the issue. I am aware of a person who, despite speaking seven languages and being licensed in another jurisdiction, cannot get a licence to practise here. A useful debate could be held on the way in which the visa system has been reorganised.

With regard to comments made on yesterday's Order of Business, which I missed, there is not a scintilla of evidence to the effect that any prisoners were transferred through Shannon at any time since the beginning of this controversy. The reports made in that regard have largely come from the wild and unfounded allegations made by one or two binocular wielding individuals who crawled around under the bushes in Shannon at all hours of the day and night.