James Bannon (Fine Gael)

I, too, welcome the new Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, to the House and wish her well in her new office. I know the Minister has midland connections and I hope to see much of her there, in particular in County Longford where there are many applicants for school funding, a matter with which I will deal another day. When I heard Senator Feeney refer to the Minister as Senator Hanafin, I thought she had been demoted.