Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State to the House. These self-congratulatory motions are not exclusive to the current Government side. When we were in government we used to get them as well and they always made me cringe, as this one does a little bit. I was taken by Senator Bacik's nice story about the genesis of Waterford Glass. As someone who lives close to Waterford in the south-east, I know how important that enterprise was. I was aware of the story but I did not realise that Senator Bacik was actually related to the gentleman involved.