Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

I hope not. Senator Walsh raised the OECD report and matters of concern outlined in the House. We must take those into account. I have read the IMF report and we do not want to see proposals on what could happen in that regard. The IMF report is very supportive of many of the policies pursued by the Government currently and everybody should read that document in full as it is the alternative to what is now taking place. Irrespective of who is power, there are challenges facing this country over the next two or three years.

Senators Norris and Ormonde called for the McCarthy report to be discussed in the House. I have already given a commitment to allow time for this to take place. I will make inquiries about the Civil Partnership Bill and revert to Senator Norris on the matter.

Senator Keaveney outlined issues to the House and everybody knows the commission is in charge of the running of the affairs of the House. Its budget is significant, in the region of €100 million over a period. There are Members of this House on the commission and they are answerable to the public in the same way as Members in the Dáil. Such Members are the best people to be trusted with looking after the affairs of finance. We saw what happened with the health board system, where we had good value for money in the eight boards. We were told there were too many local authority members on the health boards but now we see-----