Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

So there will be delegated responsibility. During the campaign I remember attending a forum discussing the role of the Seanad, which is a great resource. If we got one piece of legislation every few weeks at least we could show what can be done in this House in a detailed and comprehensive fashion. Other committees would be agreeable in this regard. I spoke to a colleague a while ago who told me there are approximately 60 Bills before the finance committee, and they are not receiving full scrutiny. Only three or four have been scrutinised and the rest are being sent back without amendment.

I am glad the Minister of State is here today and being constructive. Going through what happened in the past will not help anything. There was a completely unfair article in the review section of the Irish Independent last Saturday about the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton.