Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I endorse everything Deputy Brendan Smith says. The Deputy spoke of Senators who are unavoidably absent. We will hear their contributions when they come in, if that is okay, because the Taoiseach is addressing the Seanad. It is only appropriate that they would be there, and here, to speak. I call Deputy Carroll MacNeill of Fine Gael, who has 15 minutes.