Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill started very well, but the more he spoke the more he went astray. I agree with him, however, that we had a good and useful debate last night with the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris. The truth is we did not have enough time in two hours. As the Senator suggested, we should have an ongoing debate in this regard. I sat close to the Minister of State for two hours and saw that he was being attentive and taking copious notes on what every speaker was saying. When he came to respond, however, and as the Leader saw, he did not have time to deal with half of the matters that had been raised.