Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Enda O'Coineen is most welcome to the Visitors Gallery. There will be many Enda O'Coineens in the next few months, although it is only around Ireland they will be travelling. I wish them well.

I thank the Leader for the way he has conducted the business of the House in the past five years. I also thank the Leader of the Opposition, Senator Darragh O'Brien; the father of the House, Senator David Norris, as well as the Government and Opposition Whips and various group leaders. It has been a great honour and privilege to serve as Cathaoirleach for the past five years. I am one of the few to come into the House who has not stood and never intended to stand for election to the other House.