Niall Ó Brolcháin (Green Party)

I add my voice to those welcoming the Saville report. It is a great day for this country. Despite all the bad and negative political developments in Ireland, all people and parties can be proud of the work done to help bring peace to the country. Our model is unprecedented historically and everybody in the House should be proud of it and his or her part in achieving peace. Circumstances seem to be improving.

I want to back up the remarks made on the Property Registration Authority. It is very important from an historical perspective and Senator O'Toole made a very good point. We should debate in the Seanad the need to keep the records, although I welcome computerisation and the freeing up of the Land Registry. It is important that the public can gain access to it easily and simply.

Like Senator Alex White, I want to mention Bloomsday. It is important to mention that it is such a beautiful day.

I call for a debate on the patronage of schools. Such a debate has been called for before. It is particularly poignant because the recognition of ABA schools is about to occur in terms of patronage. I refer to the recognition of schools for people with special needs. We need to have a debate on what exactly constitutes patronage. Is it concerned with religion or the ethos of a school? In the view of Educate Together, it is a philosophy of educating pupils from different walks of life, with their parents. Patronage has changed completely. We need a debate on how we govern our schools and the nature of patronage. I call on the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and Skills to the House for such a debate.