Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Visiting Castlepollard would do no good for him. The Senator sought a debate on climate change, which I would welcome. However, he should understand that we will be dealing with legislation over the forthcoming three weeks, so we will not be able to hold general debates. We will arrange to debate the issue when we have a lack of legislation.

Senator Hanafin spoke about a particular filling station. Perhaps it is time again to have a maximum prices order, which would stop such activity. Senator Henry spoke about the overuse of antibiotics, which clearly is one of the strongest factors in the spread of MRSA. Senator Mooney referred to the great success of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and requested that the Minister come to the Seanad to discuss the findings of his visit. Senator Mooney trumped Senator Lydon, but the latter still had his say on the matter and told us that hospitals have not been the same since the nuns departed, to which we say "hear, hear."