Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

The Minister has had his ups and downs. We revived him with tea on that occasion as he was shattered, which was understandable.

In Killarney we have the fine departmental office of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, and now that the Minister is retiring I will be taking a keen interest in the future of that office and how, perhaps, the Government proposes to break up the Department, as we have been hearing so much about.

I need not stress the importance of Killarney. The club in which we revived the Minister that day will, as the Leader knows, be hosting this year's Irish Open golf tournament at the end of July, to which everybody here is welcome, and more besides. We want to boost tourism, which has been suffering to such an extent. I look forward to hearing from the Leader with regard to the Government's plans for the future of the Department.

I support Senator O'Toole's comments on the levy order for radio broadcasters, which is a disaster and is threatening-----