Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)
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I would like to place on record my appreciation of the work of Deputy Lucinda Creighton as Minister of State. She was exemplary in her work during the Presidency. I believe it has been a success only because of her work. She laid the foundation before the Presidency and continued that work during it. Unfortunately, this issue arose, but she will be back and I wish her well. She can take a break for the moment. Deputy Donohoe has served his time here and he will make an extremely good Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs. I hope he has time, because at the moment he is sub-director of elections for the abolition of Seanad Éireann, which is a post that does not even exist because the Bill has not gone through yet. The President has to sign the Bill and then they might have a campaign, but it is a bit premature. It is like ordering the grave diggers to work when the corpse is still quite warm.