Catherine Noone (Fine Gael)

We need to take stock of what occurred in Greece, consider our position and, as my colleague said, wait for the Taoiseach to come home and not be alarmist or have knee-jerk reactions. I pay tribute to the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, on their hard work. They must be absolutely exhausted.

I was shocked to learn yesterday that there is no continuing professional development in education. This is not the case in my profession, the legal profession. While there is ongoing training in the education sector, it is not compulsory. This says a good deal about how the education system in this country functions. To me, it makes no sense that it is not compulsory. I call on the Leader to schedule a debate on the education system at some stage. We discussed so many issues at a group yesterday which I had not been aware of but one cannot be aware of everything. I call on the Leader to ask the Minister, Deputy Quinn, to the House soon to discuss it.

I refer to Senator Mooney's point about RTE. We should have Noel Curran in here. It is about time RTE started showing politics as it is, objectively and at an hour that suits people who are sane. Unless one is a night owl or a lunatic, as we all are, one cannot know what is going on here. We hear comments such as, "The Chamber was empty." and "What are they at?" If one sat in the Chamber all day long one would get nothing done. That is the reality and it is about time the people realised it.