Caít Keane (Fine Gael)

I will not continue in a political vein after Senator White's contribution, I will revert to the conciliatory tone and congratulate all Members who have helped me as a new Senator and all of the staff. I will not name names because I am sure I would leave out some important names. I refer to staff, leaders, Whips, Senators and everyone who has helped me to lead the way and to follow Standing Orders. Spending 20 years in council politics gave me a grounding and in my first week I thought that this Chamber was very like the council. Everyone talks about the standard of debate in the Seanad, which is very high, and we have much more to do. We could do more to raise the standard of debate, particularly by banning the Order of Business, which I suggested in my third week here.