Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)

I congratulate you on your new appointment, a Chathaoirligh, and I wish you every success in carrying out your constitutional duties.

This is the first occasion on which I have had the honour to address the House and I am looking forward to doing so on many more occasions in the future. However, it is unlikely that I will address the House on a topic which is more important to the future of this country than the forthcoming referendum on the Nice treaty.