Rónán Mullen (Independent)

Will the Cathaoirleach allow me a few more moments? I could recite in my sleep a motion that ran in the House for three weeks concerning the need for a cross-party approach to tackling the problem of alcohol misuse, but unless we discuss in direct terms in the Chamber serious issues like tackling drinks companies, we will not get far with platitudes.

I congratulate my colleague, Senator Mary White, and wish her well in her bid for the Presidency. I suggest that it could be an exciting Presidency, particularly in terms of enhancing the interest of younger people. Were she to move the factory to the back of Áras an Uachtaráin in the Phoenix Park, we might have scenes reminiscent of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". Children visiting the President on a delegation might be known as the Children of Lir.