John Ellis (Fianna Fail)

I listened to most of the Members this morning and everyone seems to be going around with two planks on their shoulders, which is not a great way of approaching matters. I notice that nobody came in here to praise the Government for the proposals that came out yesterday via the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the IDA on the potential for job creation here. Everybody seems to have forgotten that. That is something that is positive and it is being done to try to tackle the unemployment problem. I would appreciate it if the Leader would examine the possibility of us having a debate on the report which came out yesterday because pegging mud at each other across this Chamber or the Dáil will not do anything for those who are unemployed or seeking to address the economic position. Positive news should get the same amount of time in this House as the negatives.

Finally, I want to comment on head shops. If we do not do something about this issue and it is driven underground, we will have a real problem. We already have to deal with the problem of cannabis factories in private houses which are rented mainly by non-nationals and who then put the drugs on the market. I would be grateful if something could be done about this issue.