Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I will certainly reply to those who are here, but it is not acceptable and is not good for the House for Members to leave before the Order of Business finishes. We are talking about improving standards in the House but this does nothing to improve them.

I agree totally with Senator Darragh O'Brien about having a debate on the fiscal compact. We will have a meeting of leaders tomorrow where we can organise the format for such a debate on the fiscal compact in detail. It will more than likely be without a Minister, but we can go through it ourselves.