Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I can see I am loved by my colleagues. I sincerely wish the Minister well. I served in Dáil Éireann with her and chaired many a debate, and I found her very co-operative and fair. I think she will do a good job. I have known her brother very well for years but the Minister is catching up in terms of his wit and company. I wish her the very best of luck.

As our time is limited, I will not go through the whole stimulus package, which contains a great deal. I return to the area of entertainers, many of whom are sole traders and are not rate payers. We often talk about sound engineers, roadies and so on, who will find that the package is limited for them. Some of them are hitting serious economic times. As I noted last week, whenever this pandemic comes to an end, those people will be at the very end of the queue because it will be a long time before we get back to concerts, arts centres and so forth. It will not happen soon, because we are talking about larger numbers.

Broadband will be very important, particularly for rural Ireland. The Minister has a specific interest in that.

Finally, I invite the Minister to Roscommon and Galway. I will bring her to all the sites free of charge and she can have that holiday for free.I am declaring it open. We will let the Minister enjoy the beautiful countryside and sceneries in Strokestown, Ballinasloe, Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon, Tulsk and everywhere else. I wish the Minister well.