Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious that we have now been here for five hours and that there are about four - there may be others - who will return and who will want to ask questions. I propose that we keep the questions fairly short in light of the length of time we have been here. Does people need a break or do they want to keep running to the end? If anyone wants or needs a break, they should be allowed to have it. If that is fair enough, we will run on. We will try to be as quick as possible.

The next three speaking slots will go to Senator Conway, Deputy O'Connor and Senator Murphy. I ask them to limit themselves to three minutes, please. We need to be conscious of time.