David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not waste time arguing. First, I want to say that we are lucky to have a Minister like this who is a highly civilised and cultivated man. One of the interesting things about his presentation was that he spoke without reference to his notes and the entire speech was conducted clearly. I would like to move a motion that if this does not happen automatically, the printed text of the Minister's speech, as issued to us, should also be included in the record of the House because it is important to have that detail. I hope that can be done.

It is interesting that there has been a small attendance, as has been mentioned. For the first half an hour it was not even quorate. We did not even have a quorum and the quorum has been reduced from 12 Members to six. The Government has declared a climate-----