Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator Fitzpatrick brought up the much awaited and anticipated climate action plan. I am sure we will have plenty of debates on that topic in the weeks to come.

Senator Conway referred to and congratulated Niamh Daffy, the current CEO of Cara, and that is well deserved. I will follow up for the Senator regarding the commitment made by the Minister for Health here some weeks ago concerning the cost associated with HPV vaccines.I am happy to accept Senator Malcolm Byrne's amendment. I wish him every success. Once the Bill is introduced on Second Stage, I will request that it becomes part of the Government's programme and I will then include it in Government time. I will come back to the Senator on that.

Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile had, unfortunately, to raise the events of last night, which I was astonished to read about on Twitter this morning. They involved a 13-year old child and a 15-year old child, who probably could not tell us the details of the protocol. I sometimes wonder about adults and their intentions. I wholeheartedly agree with Senator Ó Donnghaile and I condemn last night's violence. I ask everybody to step back. It is interesting that in recent poll of business owners in the North a significant majority said they welcomed the Northern Ireland protocol, albeit that they wanted little tweaks here and there to make it better. They also said it had increased their level of business, both North-South and east-west, which makes me wonder if we are listening to the loudest voices as opposed to the people with the most impact.