Eoghan Harris (Independent)

I hope the severity of the Leas-Chathaoirleach's ruling on the naming of persons outside the House does not extend to saluting great men and women. I ask the House to join me in saluting, on one of her visits to Ireland, the great Edna O'Brien who was last night presented with a lifetime achievement award by Seamus Heaney on behalf of the Irish Book Awards.