Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

Senator Harte spoke about robberies in Inishowen. That deplorable situation is a matter for the Minister for Justice and Equality and I will raise it with him. Senator Harte could also raise the matter on the Adjournment.

Senator Leyden has put forward an amendment to the Order of Business but I do not propose to accept it. He will have ample opportunity on Friday to deal with health matters when the Minister will be in the House for six or seven hours. On the question of letters, there have been letters from the Minister. However, I was reminded last week at a meeting held by the hospice in Waterford that it had letters from a former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, before the 2007 general election, promising a 20-bed hospice at Waterford Regional Hospital which has still not been delivered. There was also a letter on the front page of local newspapers in Waterford prior to the 2011 general election insisting that the Waterford Institute of Technology would be upgraded immediately to university status.