Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

Let us have the Minister, who is responsible for the HSE, appear in the House.

I commend the Leader on agreeing to a debate on Malin Head and Valentia within the foreseeable future, hopefully within the next two weeks. Many Senators have called for this and I am pleased to see it will be facilitated.

Many remarks were made in the Chamber yesterday about the wider public perception of the Senate. We must bear some of the blame in this respect. We must examine how we do business. Last week I sought a discussion on collusion and asked that, instead of statements on collusion that have already taken place in the Dáil and with which many parties were dissatisfied, we would have an all-party motion. The Leader informed me that this would be raised with party leaders on Tuesday. Today, the discussion on collusion will take the form of statements. If we are serious about being more than a talking shop, notwithstanding the fact that some Members are pleased at that, let us agree an all-party motion on collusion. The issue affects 50 people, killed in this State as a direct consequence of collusion between British paramilitaries and British state forces.