Two reports were published by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine this morning. One was a comprehensive report on the greyhound industry, while the other was a report on the horse racing industry. I welcome a number of stakeholders from horse racing here this morning. They include Mervyn Clarke from the Cavan Equestrian Centre and his friend and colleague, Martin Gaffney. They are friends of Senator Diarmuid Wilson who has an interest in the report. The industries obtain approximately €55 million under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund; therefore, it is important that the Oireachtas scrutinise them. No doubt, we will have a debate on the reports in due course.

I second Senator Thomas Byrne's amendment to the Order of Business on the use of the words of former US President John F. Kennedy in an advertisement for economic gain by the Irish Wind Energy Association. I think it is shameful and wrong and should be pulled from the airwaves immediately. If the Irish Wind Energy Association has any conscience, it will do this forthwith by instructing the platforms to withdraw the advertisement.

I propose an amendment to the Order of Business concerning the EU Scrutiny and Transparency in Government Bill 2013. This is a very important issue. An OECD report commissioned on behalf of the Houses of the Oireachtas published before Christmas identified Oireachtas oversight responsibilities and shortcomings in budgetary oversight. It also looked at the scrutiny of European legislation which is impacting on this member state. Generally, 97% of all the laws made in Brussels that impact on this State go unscrutinised through the parliamentary committee system because of time constraints on committee work and the workload of committee members. A review of the way we carry out our political business would be a major step in the right direction. As the Bill should be accepted, I propose that we take it today.