I join Senator Terry Leyden in calling on the Leader to have a debate on the licensed trade opening hours, particularly on Good Friday. I do not see anything wrong with publicans having two days a year off. They generally look forward to this. It is nothing to do with religion. Initially, it started out that way but publicans are entitled to have a break, as well as the rest of us. It is an issue, as Senator Terry Leyden said, in the towns and villages surrounding the Border. Some people from the Republic travel to Northern Ireland to have a few drinks, while it is not allowed in the Republic. That does not happen as much now as it did in the past, but it still happens to a certain extent. I would welcome a debate on the issue in the context of a wider debate on the issue of alcohol.

Last week eircom published a draft plan which offers no alternative to having overhead power lines in the north east. This issue has been raised by many people, including Senator Thomas Byrne on this side of the House, Senator John Whelan on the opposite side and my colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith in the Lower House. If undergrouding can be considered for Grid Link and Grid West, it should also be an option for the North-South interconnector. It is a fact that there are many advantages to putting power lines underground, including lower transmission losses, lower maintenance costs and less risk of weather damage, but, in particular, it is an issue of fairness. This issue has been raised at Cavan, Monaghan and Meath county councils particularly by Councillors Seamus Kyne and Clifford Kelly and it is an issue of ensuring fairness for the people of the north east. We were told that this inquiry included assessment of the feasibility of putting cables underground in other parts of the country and while we are told it is possible to do it in other parts of the country, for some reason only known to EirGrid, it is not possible to put the cables underground in our part of the country. All we are asking for is fair play and fairness. I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister to come into House in order that we can have a discussion with him on the matter.

With regard to the 1916 Rising commemorations and the part our respective parties played in them, even though we only became parties after it, we should have a very balanced approached. Nobody has a monopoly of knowledge or the part their people played in it. While we are discussing history, is Senator John Gilroy now writing himself out of the history of the Fianna Fáil Party, of which he was an member for many years?

That is the worst insult the Senator could give me-----

I call Senator Martin Conway.

-----that I was a member of Fianna Fáil.

Will Senator Martin Conway, please, proceed?

Senator John Gilroy is doing okay. The Labour Party is welcome to him. We do not want him back.

I call Senator Martin Conway for the third time.

I did not want to interrupt our esteemed colleague.

Go Ahead.

Time is running out. Senator Martin Conway might not have time to interrupt anybody.