Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Before I call on the Deputy Leader to outline the Order of Business, I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery the Japanese ambassador and thank him for being with us today, along with the convener of the Japan-Ireland Parliamentary Friendship Group, Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan, whom I thank for bringing the ambassador to the House.

They are joined in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery by the mayor of the city and county of Waterford, Councillor Joe Kelly, and his wife, Frances. They are most welcome here today and I thank them for being with us in Seanad Éireann for the Order of Business.