Lisa Chambers (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank all Members who contributed to the Order of Business.

Senator Joe O'Reilly, who started the Order of Business, welcomed the Windsor agreement and the move forward on the Northern Ireland protocol, as did Senators O'Loughlin, Craughwell, Ó Donnghaile, Ahearn, Carrigy, Seery Kearney, Kyne and Maria Byrne. Many Members spoke on that same issue.

Senator Joe O'Reilly also spoke about the Croí Cónaithe scheme and wants it extended to rental properties. I am unsure if the scheme would be suited to such an extension, in that the scheme is very much based on the property being a person's permanent home of residence. However, it might be worth engaging with the Minister on that to see if there is a possibility of finding another mechanism for rental properties that might be of assistance.

I refer to the Windsor agreement, about which there have been many comments. At the outset, clearly there were many people involved, not just the two men. Let us also acknowledge President Ursula von der Leyen.

I urge Members to refrain from very personalised comments towards one another in the Chamber. Having frequently sat in this chair in the past couple of years, I have often listened to Members lavish praise on party colleagues for work they have done, and sometimes have not done, and for stuff they have participated in to a large or lesser extent. It is kind of par for the course to acknowledge the work of party colleagues, while also acknowledging that other Members were involved, as Senator O'Loughlin acknowledged before she spoke. She congratulated all involved. It is quite obvious-----