Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I always try to come to the Seanad and I am probably here more often than any other Minister. Having responded to the two matters I was asked to take, I must attend to another engagement. I apologise for the absence of a Minister and I will convey the sentiments expressed by Senator van Turnhout and the Acting Chairman, Senator Jim Walsh, to my colleagues.