Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

We can take that at the end. Senators Paddy Burke and Camillus Glynn, two long-standing Senators with much experience in this House, expressed strong views in respect of the community welfare officer. I fully agree with their comments and will contact the Minister for Social and Family Affairs immediately after the Order of Business to get this matter clarified at the earliest opportunity. I fully support their call for it to be debated in the Seanad.

I get no pleasure in speaking of the horrific carnage on our roads in the past week. Senators Jim Higgins, John Paul Phelan and Fergal Quinn raised this serious issue, of which we are all aware. I chaired the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business when it carried out a study into insurance reform. Senator Joe O'Toole, vice-chairman of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, played a large role in that study. In the past five years, we worked hard to make our roads safer and put back fear into the law. Since the introduction of random breath-testing on 21 July last year, a recommendation of the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business, at least 100 lives have been saved on the roads. I support the views expressed by the Senators. Hoping we are all re-elected, I will support a debate on this issue early in the new Seanad.

Senator John Hanafin raised the matter of the removal of the Russian war memorial in Estonia. I will pass on the Senator's views to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and request an early response on the matter.

Many Members are concerned that I forgot Senator Paul Coghlan's name. The Order of Business would not be complete if he were not mentioned. I will contact the Department regarding his request and return to the Senator on the matter as soon as possible.