Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday on the Order of Business I raised the question of Seanad reform mentioned by Senator Humphreys earlier. I was led to believe by the Leader of the House that the difficulty in progressing the implementation group was failure to agree on a chair for that group. If the idea is to proceed with it at all, we should establish the group and let it select its chair. Otherwise, we should stop procrastinating.

In regard to what Senator Norris mentioned about Good Friday, there are two sides to this story. The Easter holiday season is an important season for tourism in this country and for many enterprises involved in tourism. Senator Norris is probably too young to remember, but I remember the time when RTE closed down on Good Friday and broadcast nothing except solemn music in the evening.