Rónán Mullen (Independent)

I will conclude, mindful of Senator O'Donnell's advice. Like Senator Daly, I, too, would be concerned if I thought that particular bishops were still failing to comply with their own audit. Having read the story in today's newspaper - on which, I presume, Senator Daly is also relying - I got no actual information to help me form a judgment. I simply saw a phrase like "It is believed that this still remains the case", but that does not make for good journalism either. To be able to speak about issues properly in this House we need the facts. We need the media to help us sometimes by providing clear facts, by asking the hard questions - whether of taoisigh, Ministers, backbenchers or bishops - and giving us the information with which we as public representatives can make certain judgments and call for certain changes.