Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

Listening to Senators Mac Conghail and Norris this morning, I felt like a return to Tintern Abbey and Wordsworth country. Then again, we have Muckross Abbey in my part of the world and so perhaps I am not obliged to go that far to enjoy that sort of beautiful landscape, solitude and all that goes with it. However, I support Senator Mac Conghail's call to the Leader to have the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Deenihan, appear in the House in the autumn session. He is a man who has a great feel for his Department and everything under its aegis. The Minister, Deputy Deenihan, who comes from the literary capital of the Kingdom, is a very fitting choice for that.