Senator John Kelly spoke on reform of the Seanad. I understand another Bill will be published soon in this regard and hope that next month Members will have an opportunity of discussing it in the House. I can tell the Senator that the Government has a 15% say in Bank of Ireland. As Senator Paul Coghlan mentioned, Bank of Ireland has paid back quite a considerable amount of the capital that was put into it. I am extremely doubtful as to whether the State gets back all of its money from AIB and the other banks. I have answered the two questions that no one else answered and hope they are proper answers for the Senator.

Senator Mary Ann O'Brien referred to the Action Plan for Jobs and welcomed the targeting of 20,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector, in particular. She called for a debate. I will certainly arrange to have either the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, or the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry, to come here soon to debate that issue. Again, I believe this has been a good week for the Seanad. I remind Members of the debate held in the House on the question of jobs and the Action Plan for Jobs. It lasted for more than three hours without any Minister present, during which time Members came up with suggestions in respect of job creation. Many laudable suggestions were made, which have been taken on by the Government. Again, I believe this House is undervalued in such cases. Similarly, Senator Feargal Quinn again raised the issue of giving people access to some of their moneys from their additional voluntary contributions, AVCs. The suggestion was mooted initially in this House by the Senator and taken on by the Government. Consequently, many laudable suggestions have emanated from this House. This should also be remembered.

Senator Catherine Noone referred to the position of creative therapists in the mental health sphere. I will arrange the sought-for debate on adult mental health services, in particular. The Senator also welcomed the announcement on the missing children's hotline. Senator Paschal Mooney also welcomed the after-school child care places announced recently. I have already addressed the issue raised with regard to the sponsorship of sports events.

Senator Marie Moloney spoke on the subject of people with narcolepsy who developed it on foot of receiving the swine flu vaccine and raised the possibility of having a debate with the Minister for Health, as well as calling for more question and answer sessions. Such question and answer sessions were developed, but a lot of people were not prepared to accept them. While I thought it was a very good development to have Members engaging in question and answer sessions with Ministers, I encountered criticism to the effect that Members were not allowed to speak on the various matters and sought more time to speak on them, rather than asking questions. I will try to come to a happy medium in this regard, but I acknowledge one can never get it 100% right.