John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not think I have had an opportunity to congratulate the Minister on her new position. Metrology is a topic to set the heart racing, clearly in a measured way. Fianna Fáil is supporting the Bill. I acknowledge the role of the library and research service. The more I read into it the more excited I got - perhaps excited is to overrate it a little, but it is the final day and a day is a unit of measurement which is accepted by everybody. The Minister's speech was delivered in an accepted formal structure, namely, an A4 page, which is an international measurement. There were sentences of a particular length using font and other measurements. The whole world is kept ticking over by metrology.

I again thank the library and research support function in the Houses of the Oireachtas. As I read the information which was contained in a reference link I came across an example of metrology at work using different measurements. Apparently, our body only contains about 5.5 l of blood but our heart pumps more than 7,500 l of blood, which is about 2,000 US gallons, which is enough to fill almost 48 oil barrels. That is metrology at work in different international understandings and measurements.

I have one you will be interested in, a Cheann Comhairle. Apparently, the average adult speaks about 16,000 words a day.

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