Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I thank the Minister of State for being so open to making this move. While perhaps they are extraneous, I have some points to make. This question stresses the importance of a bicameral legislature, where issues can be picked up as they go from one House to the other. As the Minister of State said, this issue was not brought to his attention, nor to that of most Members. This is very useful for those charities, as were some of the changes considered earlier by the Minister of State.

The Minister of State should tell his friends to watch what is going on in these Houses. If somebody is not watching, errors and omissions can happen. One of the problems is that the work of the Legislature is not reported. All we read about what is going on in the Houses relates to the rows, the smart quips and all the rest. However, if people do not know what is going through in terms of legislation, it will hurt those who must try to get changes made afterwards. There is a case for an Oireachtas channel so people can follow what is happening in these situations, dull and boring as it might be.

I thank the Minister of State and his officials for dealing with those issues.