Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I join in the congratulations of other party leaders and Senators on the success of Senator Cannon on becoming the leader of the Progressive Democrats. I add my commiseration to our other colleague, Senator O'Malley. It is the first time a political party has been led by someone in Seanad Éireann. There was such an occasion in the Seanad of the Irish Free State when a short-lived party, a breakaway from Cumann na nGaedhael called Clann Éireann, existed. However, it was not particularly electorally successful. If the inheritors of Cumann na nGaedhael want to form splinter groups, they are welcome to do so in the Chamber.