Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Unfortunately, he will not. I do not propose that we invite Boris Johnson to address us at any stage in the near future.

We were all invited to a briefing by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland today, which was very well attended and was delivered by our colleague, Senator Colette Kelleher. It is quite frightening that more than 47,000 people in this country are living with dementia. We all agree with the principle that people are far better off being cared for in their own homes for as long as possible. We need to see a fair deal for people living at home and proper home care packages. That is something we could look at in the autumn because we do not have too much time left this term. A debate on the specific issue of dementia is one that would be well worth considering.

I support Senator Humphreys in his deliberations earlier about libraries and the need to invest in and develop libraries in this country.