Mr. Wally Kirwan:

As members will notice, I have a touch of Parkinson's disease, which gives me a bit of a tremor. It is pretty moderate most of the time but sometimes if I get into an exciting situation like this, it can get a bit more active. For that reason, I do not have an opening statement, unlike my two colleagues, but I am aware that material has been circulated. I will be happy to answer any questions or deal with any points that arise from that material. I thought that, by way of a warm-up to ensure the tremor would calm down, I would refer first to how my path has crossed with those present. The first I intend to allude to is Senator Blaney. The redoubtable Neil T. Blaney was a member of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation when I was its Secretary General. He was a formidable contributor and died in harness. I had the honour of representing the membership of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation at his funeral at Massmount on the Fanad Peninsula, which is where my wife's people came from – they were McGinleys.