Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I join Senator Norris in welcoming the appointment of Archbishop Charles Brown as the new nuncio to Ireland. This appointment shows the importance of this country to the Vatican. This man served with the then Cardinal Ratzinger for ten years in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and as was stated this morning on the radio he has worked very closely with the pontiff. All of this indicates that we are entering a new era of-----