Ann Ormonde (Fianna Fail)

I welcome this discussion and the points raised by Senator Quinn. Now that the Leader is present, I suggest that we debate the Schengen common travel area in the House. I will probably suggest this on the Order of Business tomorrow. A debate would allow us all to tease out, in the presence of the relevant Minister, all the points raised by Senator Quinn. The Senator referred to the need to establish an independent commission and to the benefits that are being whittled away. He also referred to the movement of people between the North and South, to the barriers that will be created between the two islands, and he asked whether we should sign up to the Schengen Agreement in order to get away from the arrangement including the North, South and the mainland.