Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

I welcome this debate. We have relatively few debates on cultural and sporting issues in this House. Therefore, the Minister was quite in order to outline the outstanding achievements in all three areas of his portfolio.

We should be grateful to Senator Ryan for bringing forward this Bill for discussion. Like other speakers, I pay tribute to the amount of work he put into it. He added to my vocabulary with the proposal for a national vexillological register.