Ann Ormonde (Fianna Fail)

I wish to take the opportunity to thank the Cathaoirleach for the courtesy and kindness he showed in the House during the past five years. He was always fair and effective in the way he handled the business of the Seanad. I wish him well and happiness and health in the years ahead.

I wish to speak on the point raised by many speakers with regard to the major seizure of drugs off the coast. I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Pat Carey, well in his new endeavours. This is a bigger issue in the context of which we must discuss values in society, and this involves many Departments. I ask the new Minister of State in his brief to examine how best to co-ordinate the workings of the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to monitor the situation and police the coast where drug barons manage to get drugs through from others countries. I ask the Seanad to call on the new Minister of State to examine the matter with a view to co-ordinating our forces to that work.