Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

As a member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, I was privileged to be present when our Australian friends made a submission to the committee yesterday. I am particularly pleased they are present in the Chamber as I speak about the Lisbon national reform programme. I am sure they will understand that Mr. Frank Forde, one of two former Australian Prime Ministers from my home county of Leitrim, would have been very proud to have been here today. Mr. Stanley Bruce was the other former Prime Minister from County Leitrim.