Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry, and the opportunity to debate the motion. I thank the Independent Senators Marie Louise O'Donnell and Mary Ann O'Brien for tabling it. This has been a lively and enlightening debate which is notable for the emergence of a new word, "slushfundability", which will certainly be quoted in the future. It is notable also because Senator David Norris stood corrected on one important point, the rebuilding of Wexford Opera House-----