Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

Senator Glynn called for a debate on drugs. Yesterday, I fully agreed with him and I gave a commitment that it would happen in the first two weeks of next year. With regard to electoral registers, I intend to use Fianna Fáil Private Members' time at the next available opportunity, which will be after the Christmas recess, to discuss Senator Glynn's proposal.

Senator Quinn raised the matter of Ireland's reputation and its coming eleventh in world opinion. I welcome this good news. As Senator Quinn stated, quite an amount of good news happens all the time. Senator John Hanafin put his finger on it this morning; the media are only interested in bad news.