Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator Comiskey spoke about the delay in the single farm payments. We will certainly raise that matter with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Senator Quinn spoke about the reduction in the price of oil and the need for more competition. I assure the Senator that in my neck of the woods there is fairly good competition. In some garages the price of diesel is €1.39 a litre, so there is competition, although I agree with him that there is a need for further competition.

Regarding the Senator's request for a debate on the Prison Service and T.K. Whitaker's report, there is a need for a further debate on the service, which we will probably take in conjunction with the prison report we get from time to time.

Senator Healy Eames raised the issue of guidance counsellors. That is a matter for the budget so we will await to see what transpires in that regard.

On the question of Ebola, I inform the Senator that the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, will be before the Joint Committee on Health and Children on the issue of the Ebola crisis at 9.30 a.m. next Thursday. The Senator will have an opportunity to determine the situation in that regard at that Oireachtas joint committee meeting.

That covers most, if not all, of the issues. I do not propose to accept the amendment to the Order of Business as tabled by Senator Cullinane.