Joe O'Toole (Independent)

The House will be aware that the Minister for Education and Science recently decided to circulate a copy of a book on the first president of Fianna Fáil to every school in Ireland. I will state an interest. The author of the book, Diarmuid Ferriter, is a friend and supporter of mine. I am happy that this was done for him. That is not the issue I raised. I am an Independent Senator who takes an independent view. The biography of the first president of Fine Gael, General Eoin O'Duffy, by Fearghal McGarry is also a very fine book. Is the Minister thinking of circulating this book to schools in the interests of balance? I am sure the Labour Party——