Garret Ahearn (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair very much. I have the task of managing two committees at the same time as the committee on foreign affairs is sitting as well. People will experience this over the next few months I am sure.

I congratulate the Chair on his position and wish him well in it. This is a very important committee and I am delighted to see a Tipperary man and a good friend will be covering the role over the next few years. This obviously is a very high-profile committee. There is an awful lot of work that needs to be done on issues that need to be resolved and things we need to ask questions about. I look forward to working with every member of this committee. I am from Tipperary and this is my second term as a Senator.