I thank the Leader for the update on the schedule for next week. Many of us have called for a debate on jobs and I appreciate the Leader's arranging these important debates with the Ministers and Minister of State.

I commend Senator Feargal Quinn for the passing of his Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013 yesterday. I know that many Senators on the other side of the House support the Bill but they did not see fit to vote for it. It is important that the Bill was passed. I hope that Fine Gael, in particular, will see through the commitment in its party manifesto prior to the 2011 general election which said the party would pass legislation to give all tenants the right to have their commercial rents reviewed in 2011, irrespective of upward-only or other review clauses. I know that manifesto promises do not really mean anything but this is an opportunity for Fine Gael to make good on its promise on this issue. Senator Feargak Quinn did a magnificent job yesterday and my party was only too happy to support him. The Bill has now passed in the Seanad, with the tacit assistance of the provisional Labour Party grouping of the three missing-in-action Senators. I note that they are not here this morning either, but I would say to those Senators that they would be better off voting for proposals that they support rather than just going missing. Their actions are pathetic. If they are going to ride two horses on every issue and stand for nothing, that is pathetic. They have done it before on many occasions-----

They let the Bill through.

Yes; I am delighted the Bill went through, but I would prefer it if they came to the House and actually put their money where their mouths were.

Does the Senator have a question for the Leader?

I do have a question. I want to know what the position is on Senator Feargal Quinn's Bill. Will the Government accept it in the Dáil?

I also commend my colleague, Senator Mary White, and thank the Government for agreeing to pass the Parental Leave Bill 2013 on Committee Stage. It is very good legislation and all of us agree with it. That Bill gives lie to what the Taoiseach and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, said in the run-up to the campaign to abolish the Seanad - namely, that the Seanad was a dog that never barked. That assertion is completely untrue, as demonstrated yesterday by Bills from Senators Feargal Quinn and Mary White. This House has a very important function which it carries out very well.

I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the proposed new GP contracts. I ask that the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, or the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, to whom the buck seems to have been passed on this issue, come to the House to discuss the matter. I ask that we be given an opportunity to put some of the concerns of the GPs directly to the Minister or Minister of State. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate specifically on the contract for the under-sixes. Most of us would prefer to see children who need GP cards getting them. I am all for the idea of under-sixes having free GP care, but I am not in favour of children who are seven, eight or nine years old losing medical cards or GP cards. What is the point in trying to roll out an unworkable contract to give free GP care to healthy children under six years, many of whom are in families who can afford to pay for such care, while taking medical cards and GP cards from children and the elderly who need them? I met a woman last week with terminal lung cancer who really needs her card. Cystic fibrosis patients are having their cards taken from them and the Government knows this. I ask that the Minister of State come to the House to address these issues and urge the Leader to make the necessary arrangements.