Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)

I support the Minister, Deputy Deenihan, for his initiative concerning the Bank of Ireland building on College Green. If his officials bring him through the entire file he would see a letter from me to the previous Minister suggesting the same idea. We were making progress on the issue until the untimely general election. We do not care which Kerryman opens the building, even if it is my Seanad colleague, Senator Paul Coghlan.

I will not mention NAMA today but I ask the Leader to invite the appropriate Minister to the House to discuss the proposed price increases from Bord Gáis. For the past two years, under a Fianna Fáil-led Government, there were price reductions and I want to know what the current Government will do about the proposed increases.

Another Senator from Louth raised the issue of Palestinian statehood. A couple of days ago we had the fifth anniversary of the capture and imprisonment of an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who has been held in inhumane conditions within the Gaza strip. I am sure all Members of the House will join me in calling for his release. At the same time I look forward to the debate on Palestinian statehood.

Senator Crown from the Independent group spoke about what was just released on the radio. It is disturbing that no report was done and this is being used as a political tool to justify a political decision, with the justification only produced later. We look forward to the debate proposed by Senator Leyden in that regard. Will the Leader facilitate a debate in the near future on organ donation? The programme for Government discusses presumed consent and I do not know if those opposite who voted for the programme realise what that means. It means the State has the right to take a person's organs, whether the family agrees to the procedure or not.