James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

I, too, congratulate President-elect Catherine Connolly. It is probably the first time in the history of the State that a member of the Committee of Public Accounts has become President of Ireland, so it can be said that there is hope for us all. I am a new member of this committee but all of us who are new and those who sat on the previous committee can recognise and observe the experience and talent that she brought to this committee. She will be a loss to this committee, but this committee's loss is Ireland's gain. We wish Catherine Connolly well as President of Ireland and I look forward to her inauguration.