Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I add my voice of welcome to the ambassador and Deputy Devlin, and thank them for visiting us in the Seanad. I wish all Lithuanians living here well on their national day. I have the opportunity of serving on the Council of Europe, along with my esteemed colleague, Senator Joe O'Reilly, and we work very well with the Lithuanian delegation. We look forward to welcoming them in the context of 30 May, when Ireland's presidency of the Council of Europe will start. We may get to see the ambassador then.

I also extend our sympathies to Brian Mullooly, former Senator and Cathaoirleach, on the passing of his wife, Nancy. She is being laid to rest today, and we are thinking of the Mullooly family in their time of bereavement.