They always do a great job.

I commend the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Heather Humphreys, for her role and how she played her part in the ceremonies.

Senator Rose Conway-Walsh referred to the debate held last week. There is a view being expressed by Sinn Féin Members on the right to vote in elections, but they do not have all of the answers. It is not as black and white as the Senator said it was. Therefore, she has to reflect. I will not allow anyone to criticise or castigate Senator Diarmuid Wilson-----

No, because the Senators are all very cosy together.

-----because he is a man of honour and integrity and someone I have known for a long time.

Hear, hear.

The Senator-----

Will the Senator just listen for one second? She does not know everything.

Neither does the Leader.

She comes into the House every day to oppose and fight against everything. I want her to listen now.

Please respect the Chair.

It was the Leader who opposed it.

We proposed it. The Leader opposed it.

Let us just be clear. I served as a member of the Constitutional Convention and did not miss one weekend. I was one of the few Oireachtas Members who was present for all of its hearings.

The Leader must be as frustrated as we are.

The Government's job was not necessarily to agree with everything said at the convention but to report back. I accept that, in some cases, the Government was tardy in reporting back. Perhaps the Sinn Féin Members might go back and listen to the remarks made last week by the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, and reflect on how we could end up with the result we all want - increasing the franchise. That might mean Sinn Féin might have to compromise with everybody else. However, coming into the House to lecture us all will not get us to where we want to go. Let us do it now.