John Gilroy (Labour)

Senator John Crown's idea that the Taoiseach should come to the House is an excellent one which I would support. It would not be reasonable or practicable to have him here today because of time constraints, but we could ask the Leader to arrange to have him come to the House for a debate on the issue on the earliest possible date. I am concerned about his comments on the future of the House in his state of the nation address and I would like to have an opportunity to express my concerns to him in a reasonable way. Perhaps the Senator might consider changing his amendment to take into consideration the constraints on the Taoiseach's time and to seek to have the debate held as early as possible.