Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)

We will do that until we feel our rights have been upheld. We want to act in a constructive way that adds to and broadens the debate. If we are able to bring people in from outside the House to discuss the role of the Seanad, we should allow Members to do likewise.

I would like to conclude by asking the Committee on Procedure and Privileges to consider the possibility of organising a parliamentary confusion workshop. When one examines some of the statements that have been made by members of Fine Gael and the Labour Party in recent days, it is clear that there is a certain amount of confusion among them. They are not sure whether they are in government. They seem to be castigating their own Ministers and their own party policies, only to vote with the Government parties when they come to these Houses. It would be very useful if a parliamentary confusion workshop could be organised to explain the difference between being in opposition and in government, and between following a party Whip and not following it.