Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

The last time Ms Doyle and myself passed each other at Dublin Airport, she had broken her leg and some wit said that Ms Doyle, in common with all her colleagues in the European Parliament, had broken her leg for Ireland. I am not sure if it is true but it was a good story and, in a sense, it conveys the immense amount of work MEPs get through, which she conveyed also in her contribution.

It is timely that Ms Doyle is here. I know I am breaking procedures in referring to those who are in the Visitors Gallery but those young people who are here today are our future. I am sure part of the reason they are here is because they are doing what is called the civil, social and political project. If they nod in agreement I am right and if they do not, I am not right.