Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael)

-----and the road to a special conference have been mentioned. However, with its behaviour, the Green Party has set itself on the road to nowhere. The Bill contains extremely important measures and an indication must be provided with regard to whether those measures will be implemented in full.

I support the call made by Senator O'Reilly in respect of the REPS issue. I ridicule the behaviour of Fianna Fáil Senators who sought a debate on the report of an bord snip nua but refused to seek that additional time be provided in order that such a debate might take place. There is no more lethal sign of the disconnect of these Houses from the people than the refusal of the Government to allow the report to be debated in public. The report will probably be available as a free supplement with most Sunday newspapers during the summer. However, the Government will not allow the matter to be debated in the House. Shame on the Government. It should make time available for a debate on this report.