Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the President of the Tynwald, which is the parliament of the Isle of Man, the Honourable Laurence Skelly, to our Distinguished Visitors Gallery. He is in Ireland with a delegation from yesterday until tomorrow. The visit is to engage with Oireachtas committees around the areas of reporting, media, tourism, entrepreneurship and transport. It is wonderful that our friends are here from the Isle of Man. Mr. Skelly was here as recently as last summer with the Ceann Comhairle and me at the Speakers of the Isles conference. There is a continuing link between us and the Tynwald. We are delighted to have all the members of the delegation here today and we wish them a very fruitful and positive engagement. We thank them for the friendship they have bestowed on and shared with all of us here in the Oireachtas. Mr. Skelly is very welcome indeed. I call Senator O'Loughlin.