Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I join Senator Gavan in calling for the Tánaiste and Minister Foreign Affairs and Trade to update the House on Brexit. I know it is difficult because the situation is changing on a day-to-day and hour-by-hour basis but it would be helpful if he would come in next week and update us on the current situation. This is a very grave matter for the entire island.

I join Senator Leyden in paying tribute to the former Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten. I have always found the Deputy to be very helpful when I have approached him. Whenever he was asked to come to his House, even at short notice, he did so. I pay tribute to him and his family and I welcome the appointment of a former colleague of ours, Deputy McHugh, as Minister for Education and Skills.

I welcome the publication of the Charleton report and I welcome the fact that the former Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, was vindicated by it. We should not lose sight of the fact that the real victims of this situation were sergeant Maurice McCabe, his wife and his family.