Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious that we have been here for approximately three hours by now but we still would not even be at the front door of the airport if we were queueing there. I will try to be quick.

I have a few comments to make. Huge reputational damage has been done to the country as a result of what happened at the weekend. That damage has been done to the overall Irish tourism product. Is there a strategy to try to help to repair some of the damage? I say this because these scenes were broadcast internationally by broadcasters.