Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

I join with Senator Fitzgerald in congratulating Trinity College on the excellent work done in awarding certificates to those with intellectual disability. Perhaps we should call on all third level institutions to follow suit. Institutes of technology could do work with people who are vulnerable and who may enjoy this after second level education finishes.

Last week I raised the impasse between the HSE and the IPU. There are no unhappy campers in the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party. To the contrary, last night I saw they were all happy campers. We had an open and frank discussion on the impasse, which is where Fianna Fáil and Government Senators would debate such pressing matters. We are working to find a solution. If that does not happen in Fine Gael or the Labour Party, that is not our fault. The Opposition should not come in here shouting and being as envious as they are about what goes on at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meetings.