Larry Butler (Fianna Fail)

I, too, welcome the social partners' acceptance of the Government's invitation to have talks with it. I am sure Senator O'Toole had some little part to play in that. His contribution yesterday was very important and it established in the House a proper and unanimous position on how the unions, including the social partners, should approach the present crisis. A new model of social partnership will have to be devised. The old one worked very well in recent years but we now find ourselves in a different position. We will, therefore, have to devise a new model. This is important.

I call on the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy Martin Cullen, to come to the House to consider the fact that there are three tourism organisations, something we do not need. I suggest that they be amalgamated into one organisation. The quangos we have cost us approximately €6 billion in total.