Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is very welcome to the House. Over the past number of difficult years he has been important on a number of fronts to the constituency I serve, and to the country in general, as we dealt with something nobody had seen happen before with the pandemic. Like many Members, I welcome the fact that the Minister has come to the Chamber himself to give this address and listen to what we have to say. I might not even use up my four minutes because Senator Wilson has adequately covered much of what I was going to say. Senator Davitt followed up on it as well.

Like most Members, I pay tribute to our secretarial staff. My own lady, Ashley, has to put up with me in making sure that everything is looked after, including all the representatives and meetings, and that I am on time for everything I am supposed to do. In my case, I have become known as the person who loses his keys more often than anybody else in the Houses of the Oireachtas. God help her and God help the ushers because it has happened too many times.