Peter Callanan (Fianna Fail)

I do not have to welcome the Minister to the House as Senator Coonan has done such an excellent job on behalf of us all. Perhaps I should say nothing more because he has been so excellent in his presentation. He left little for anybody to say to the Minister, in glowing terms or otherwise, but perhaps I should add my tuppence worth

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I congratulate her on her appointment. As the media throughout the country have stated, Deputy Coughlan is the first female Minister for Agriculture and Food. She deserves this well and she will serve agriculture well. We come from opposite ends of the country, Cork and Donegal. Somebody once wrote a song about it.