Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

On the business before the House, I am a member of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights which, as the Chair is aware, is one of the busiest committees, working under the chairmanship of Deputy Ardagh. The business before the House today has been on our agenda for some time and we are working through it.

Like other colleagues and my deputy leader, the Minister, Deputy Cowen, I applaud the decision of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the Nigerian student. I told the Minister yesterday that I had been at the protest march outside the House and my colleague, Deputy Curran, raised the matter by way of a reasonable statement on the Adjournment debate on Tuesday night. Good sense has prevailed in this case and I congratulate those——

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