Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

I thank Members for their contributions. They delved, as the Seanad always does, into possible areas at which we will have to look in the future. The main focus of the discussion was that we need to get on with the talks today. I thank Members for their support for what we will do today. The coming weeks and months give us an opportunity to ensure the peace process continues. Many individuals have put much work into this process. At the last meeting a number of people referred to what is happening in places like the Middle East where the absence of dialogue has led to a horrific situation. Somebody suggested that if people only realised that if they started to talk, hundreds of thousands of lives would be saved. We realise the importance of the work we are doing.

I thank Members for their contributions and will keep in close contact with them.

Question put and agreed to.