Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

In any case, he supports his colleagues.

Senator Scanlon raised the family courts issue and also the waste of Garda time and jury time in cases. I apologise to Senator Browne for neglecting to mention yesterday that he also sought a debate in this House on the sugar beet issue. Next week will be the deciding week for that. He raised it again today and I will carry that forward.

I compliment Senator Lydon who spoke to the Palestinian Prime Minister over the weekend. I agree with Senator Lydon that it is a complex issue. For a moment, I thought he had spoken to our own Prime Minister and thought he might be among that group.