Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

At the outset, I want to congratulate the new president and vice-president of the IFA. County Laois suckler beef and sheep farmer, Francie Gorman, was elected the new president yesterday evening.Also, Alice Doyle who is from Wexford, was elected deputy president. Alice Doyle is the first woman ever to hold the office of deputy president of the IFA. I wish both of them well as they start on a huge year. Agri-politics is a significant and very fragmented place, as we know in these Houses. There is a lot going on as we speak as the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is having a meeting which has a full house due to the attendance of members, non-members, journalists and agricultural practitioners. The committee is having a lively debate, which we will hear a lot about on the news later on.

Leader, I have a difficulty with the Order of Business, as does my group. The Leader has proposed that the debate on the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023 would conclude at 6 p.m. by the putting of one question.