Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

I welcome all the tourists and golfers who will visit County Meath this weekend for the Solheim Cup, which is a major boost for the country, the county, ladies' golf and ladies' sport in general. They are very welcome, as is the financial boost the competition will bring.

I would like the Committee on Procedure and Privileges to investigate the terms "constitutional" and "unconstitutional". Every time Opposition Senators - be they Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin or Independent - bring forward a Private Members' Bill, we are told it is with the best of intentions. We are also told it is a fabulous piece of work, one could not have done a better job, it is fantastic, but it is unconstitutional. It seems we no longer need the Supreme Court; we should send Fine Gael Senators down there to adjudicate on whether something is constitutional.