Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

I strongly agree with Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú's remarks on the need to buy Irish products. This has been discussed at length in a number of forums over the last few years and must be closely looked at again, with remedial action taken where required.

As regards the debate on head shops referred to by Senator Wilson, I congratulate everyone concerned as well as the Leader for facilitating a second day debate on the issue. This is an indication of the true seriousness in which the House takes the whole area of head shops and their activities. It is very important and I look forward to contributing to the next day's debate and like Senator Wilson, I should like to know when it will take place.

Again, following on from what Senator Wilson said regarding the financial institutions, I have a flood of people coming into my office in Mullingar. Only yesterday, my secretary informed me about a woman who had come in to say she and her husband had taken out a loan with a building society. These are people on relatively humble incomes and the building society, with indecent haste, is instigating legal proceedings to repossess their home.

On a number of occasions last year I asked the Leader for a debate on the compilation of the electoral register. The present situation is an absolute disaster. Under successive Governments the system as it obtains has not worked. The Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government went to Belfast where we had discussions with the electoral office for Northern Ireland.