John Gerard Hanafin (Fianna Fail)

I welcome that we pray every morning in the Chamber before conducting our business. It allows us to renew our efforts to do our best and invoke God to assist us in our efforts. I note societies that turned their back on God — fascist and communist — and relied solely on Man's logic, rose and fell quickly.

The Shannon Airport issue was raised earlier. It is incorrect to make any association with the closure of Abbott Laboratories and Shannon Airport. Much in all that I would like the Shannon-Heathrow route to remain open----