Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

What I am saying about what transpired at the Leveson inquiry is that I do not have any personal knowledge of similar circumstances here. Nobody has brought such circumstances to my attention. I am not making any naive vow of incredulity. I do not suggest that matters that have not yet come to light here are not happening. However, I really do not think it has sunk to the level it has sunk to in the neighbouring island. The points Senator Norris made about bullying are very serious. When Senator Whelan spoke about the failure to cover the more substantial proceedings of this House, he could well have added that there is also a failure to cover the more substantial proceedings of the other House. I do not know whether such matters - the substantial matters that happen here, as opposed to the trivial matters - are not reported because journalists are not filing stories. Perhaps journalists know there is no point in filing stories about such matters because their editors will not publish them.