Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I appreciate he probably received his script on his way into the Chamber as it is the nature of the business. Perhaps in his capacity as head of the main procurement agency for the Government he will send a memo to all Ministers and Ministers of State to state when they come before the House they might at least have the courtesy to make their initial speeches available to Senators and certainly to spokespersons. This is not meant as a personal reflection. The only reason I raise this is because the Minister of State has sat in this Chamber as a Senator to discuss a technical Bill of this nature-----