Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, and commend him on his excellent work. He works in conjunction with the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, General Dermot Earley, and has acquitted himself well in his current Ministry. In the context of the proposed amendment, it would be worthwhile considering whether we should use both Houses of the Oireachtas. If it were possible to do so, that would give us a role in the matter. Perhaps it is tradition that the Seanad is excluded from the approval-----