Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

To start on the note Senator Fitzgerald finished on, I would like to acknowledge the great work done by the Irish Cancer Society, Europa Donna and the Marie Keating Foundation. I smiled when I heard Senator Fitzgerald deliver her presentation, as it appears we all access the same websites to get our information. Each of these organisations have been very helpful, particularly the Irish Cancer Society. I commend them on the great efforts they put into cancer awareness.

Today is national non-smoking day. There is a school group of young students from Meath in the Visitors' Gallery. One of them I believe is a little girl, Annie Madden, whose dad I know. I would have hoped they could have stayed long enough to hear of the terrible things that can happen when ones smokes.