Michael Mullins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----it is locating its maritime consultancy headquarters and recruitment business in Kinvara, which will create 15 jobs over the coming years. It is very much to be welcomed but we need to redouble our efforts to have many more such job announcements during the coming months.

As with other speakers, I very much welcome the upsurge in cycling throughout the country. It is a great healthy way of keeping fit and, as was mentioned, to see the countryside. However, there ought to be great emphasis on safety. Fines proposed for cycling on footpaths and breaking red lights are appropriate.

It is important, during this very hot weather, that we redouble our efforts to ensure farm safety. There have been some tragedies in recent days, and also some unfortunate drownings. The roads are particularly dangerous during this hot weather. Temperatures are very high and people are quite likely to nod off and cause accidents. This House needs to send out the message during the summer that people should be safety conscious, be it on the farm, roads or water. We must ensure that people are safe and that we reduce the number of lives lost unnecessarily this summer.