Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Daly for her remarks. We share her concerns about Poland, Hungary, etc., as will emerge later in questions.

Our next speaker is Frances Fitzgerald, MEP. She is familiar with this Chamber as a former Leader of the Seanad. I had the great pleasure of serving with Ms Fitzgerald in the Seanad some years ago. She is now an MEP for Dublin city and county and the vice-president of the EPP group in the European Parliament. Prior to her election to the European Parliament, she served as a Fine Gael parliamentarian for 20 years as a Senator and a Deputy. She served as Tánaiste, as one of four women to ever hold that post, and as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs. She is a member of a number of prestigious committees. If I were to read out Ms Fitzgerald's entire CV and the CVs of all four MEPs, it would take me until 7 p.m. I invite Ms Fitzgerald to address the House.