Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Brennan raised the issue of the payment of redundancy to the Castlemahon workers and joined Senator Finucane is the need to address this matter. Senator Mooney made a plea for parents not to purchase pets for children except in cases where children are prepared to mind and care for them, which is a fair point.

Senator Daly raised the issue of job losses in Kilrush and the need to ensure that the workers involved receive decent redundancy payments. The Senator also said that prisoners are not the victims, who are the people on the other side of the equation. Senator MacSharry raised the issue of homelessness and the care organisers in the north west.