Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

We bow collectively when we meet Senator Henry.

Senator White also raised the human rights issue of rendition, about which she is very annoyed. It is a credit to her that she is so worked up about it.

Senator Coghlan requested a debate on sentencing and also raised the future of small towns and villages. Senator Feighan said that the horse had bolted on that debate, since he used to sell DVDs, but his shop had to abandon that part of its business because it was not working. He demanded that the Government provide incentives to small businesses to help maintain them.

Senator Cummins brought up driver testing for members of the Garda and stated that there was no national car test on Garda cars, which sounds extraordinary given the fact that the rest of us must submit to it. He also spoke of mandatory sentencing.