Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome to the Visitors Gallery Councillor O'Callaghan and all the lads from Clare. They are most welcome guests of Senator Dooley. We had a great event on Sunday in Clare commemorating some of those tragic events that happened during the Civil War. I also welcome Colin Harvey, human rights and equality commissioner, and a professor in Queen's University Belfast. I thank him for being here today.

I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs. Given all that is going on in the world, the issues in Northern Ireland are foremost in our thoughts. It is great to see the economic envoy for Northern Ireland, Joe Kennedy, here this week, hopefully bringing investment to Northern Ireland but also underlying the support of successive US Administrations for the peace process. The Tánaiste has ten minutes.