Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I also agree with Senator Feargal Quinn's comments on presumed consent with regard to organ donation. We should all agree to fast-track the legislation. It is not only the Department of Health that tends to ask for Bills in this House to be parked and all of them - under all Governments - have tended to do this. I sometimes think that if we want emergency legislation to be passed, we should get Joe Duffy to publish it. It would get through more quickly than if elected representatives in the Oireachtas sought to do it.

I fully agree with Senator Landy's comments on the extension of town development plans. I ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to reverse without delay the decision to abolish town councils, as it is a retrograde step for democracy in this country. Will the Leader confirm that the Education and Training Boards Bill will be in the House next week?