Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If the Senator is not happy with the reply, I cannot do anything about it. That is the reply I have given her.

Senator Cullinane spoke about Irish Water. I think I have addressed that matter.

Senator Landy called for the restoration of the bereavement grant.

That is a matter he can raise with the Minister for Social Protection in the course of the social welfare Bill which will come to the House in early December.

Senator O'Donovan raised the difficulties experienced by inshore fishermen in particular. We will have the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, in the House for a debate in the next week or two to speak on fisheries, which the Senator sought some time ago.

Senator Colm Burke spoke about the courts system and the need for a third Taxing Master. He outlined the difficulties in the courts system. I will bring the matter to the attention of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald. A number of justice matters are due to be dealt with in the afternoon.

Senator Paschal Mooney also raised LW 252 and called on the new RTE Authority to reverse the decision taken. I note his points also on gender-based abortion in the UK, and the overwhelming vote of MPs in the UK yesterday.

Senator Pat O'Neill called for clarification on the matter raised by Senator Mary Ann O'Brien yesterday. She referred to brown envelopes and the fact that corruption might have taken place in Kilkenny. I informed her yesterday that if she had any information on the matter she should pass it on to the Garda. It is essential that people who make allegations and raise such matters should give the information to the Garda as a matter of urgency.