Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I might point out that is not the type of contribution that Deputy Brennan would make in either House, but that is beside the point.

I also join the comments of other Senators on Burma. It is important for whoever the Taoiseach decides should have the foreign affairs portfolio as of today that he or she is given the strongest possible message from the House that we would like to see action quickly. It is fair to say that the developed world has already failed Burma in the last year and now that a natural disaster has occurred, it behoves us to put whatever means are at our disposal to alleviate the distress of that country.