Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to be associated with the votes of sympathy to Bridget on the passing of her brother, Patrick. May he rest in peace. Our thoughts are with Bridget and her family at this sad time.

I thank the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, for listening to the concerns of the Sheehy family and Tracey Tully in terms of her decision to rescind the sanctioning of transferring Logan Jackson back to the UK, who was responsible for the mowing down of her son, Kevin Sheehy, in Limerick, more than 12 months ago. The Minister and the Department decided that they were going to send the gentleman back to the UK to serve out his term over there. However, the Minister, after listening to representatives from Limerick, such as myself and others, and the family, took the decision yesterday to rescind that. I thank the Minister for that because it is the right decision. The Tully and Sheehy families certainly put forward a very strong case. The boxing fraternity in Limerick also came out to support them fully. Certainly, they ran a very respectful campaign. I thank the Minister.

I would like to congratulate Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. It ran a youth science fest, working with primary schools on the STEM subjects in the past couple of days. It very important for that connectivity between primary schools and third level education in terms of showing students what the STEM subjects mean, how many openings there are in perhaps jobs down the road or standard of education. That connectivity is to be commended by all.