Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

——but Fianna Fáil, having been there for 18 years, would be obviously included in any acknowledgement of those achievements.

Senator MacSharry brought to my attention an urgent matter concerning the roll-out of BreastCheck in the north west region and read a statement to the House pertaining to an employee of the HSE. I will bring this urgent matter to the Minister's attention immediately following the Order of Business. I will inform the House at a later date of her response.

Senator Leyden called for a debate on the 2% betting tax. That matter can be discussed in the finance debate which I hope to have in the House in the next few weeks. I join him in welcoming the extra week's Christmas payment for 1.6 million social welfare recipients, which will cost €200 million.