Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

I cannot disagree with anything the Senator has said. I believe people should reflect very carefully on the kind of action being taken at the moment, especially when it is action that affects the public in service provision in the Passport Office or elsewhere. In some local authorities some councillors are getting responses and others are not, which is utterly wrong and inimical to the nature and spirit of our democracy that has developed to date in terms of service to the citizen.

The Seanad adjourned at 9.05 p.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 28 April 2010.