Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The Senator asked for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to attend this House. The voices urging him to attend the House are overwhelming and I am sure he will.

Senator Ryan also claimed the Department of Finance wanted to close down railways and he is quite right. It also wishes to close down CIE. From my time as a novice Cabinet member I remember a proposal that all trains stop at Athlone. It was a daft notion.