Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As we are talking about new life, I take the opportunity to congratulate Deputy Damien English and his wife Laura on the birth of their twin baby girls this morning.

We have completed the slot for members' questions and will now move on to questions from non-members, for which half an hour is allocated. Unfortunately, there will not be sufficient time to accommodate all ten non-members who have indicated. I will begin by calling Deputies Peter Mathews and Terence Flanagan and Senator Paul Bradford in that order.