Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A detailed briefing by the OPW in the AV room is also being organised for all Senators.

I pay a sincere tribute and give thanks to the board of the National Museum of Ireland and its staff for their co-operation with the project and in being neighbourly in allowing it to go ahead. I greatly appreciate the flexibility and pragmatism they have shown and look forward to maintaining the excellent relations that have developed between us in the course of our discussions.

I am not allowing any debate on the matter. I just wanted to confirm that agreement had been reached, which is hugely important. I emphasise that we have no choice but to vacate the Chamber. This issue has been ongoing for some years and I am delighted that an agreement has finally been made. A press release was organised for last week by the Houses of the Oireachtas and the National Museum of Ireland but, because of certain events in other parts of the world, it went unheeded and seems to have been neglected. I hope the visit tomorrow to the museum and the briefing in the AV room will help to put a lot of issues to bed.