Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

As Galway is one of our major cities I would have thought the planning authority there would have been able to deal with the problems. Clearly that is not the case but as I said yesterday, I will raise the matter with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, to ensure there will be some liaison to bring the interested parties together.

I am sure we all join Senator Healy Eames on congratulating President McAleese on her excellent terms of office. We also congratulate our colleague, Senator McAleese. We wish them well and we also wish the President-elect, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, every success and we look forward to his inauguration tomorrow.

Senator O'Sullivan spoke about the capital programme and regional airports. I can assure him that any airports that are profitable have nothing to fear.

Senator Keane spoke about the levels of lead and cadmium in products, a matter I will raise with the relevant Minister. If she has further details I will pass them on.

Senator Crown asked for a debate on the future of the Seanad. As he will know, the Government will establish a constitutional convention to undertake a wider review of the Constitution, which is a major element of key reform initiatives. That is where the future of the Seanad should and, I am sure, will be discussed. If it is necessary that we have future debates on that subject in this House, I will facilitate them. Senator Crown also spoke about constituencies. The university graduates are his constituents.

Senator Harte spoke about fish discards and so on. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, Deputy Coveney, will attend the House soon. If the Senator wishes it might be a good idea to invite the gentleman he mentioned to express his views in the AV room as I am sure many people would be interested in the subject.

Senator Mooney made a very important point about the various State agencies involved in job creation. Perhaps we could invite one of the relevant Ministers - a number of Ministers are involved.