Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I join the Minister of State in welcoming our former colleague, Averil Power, and her colleagues from the Irish Cancer Society to this important debate.

I did not want to interrupt the Minister of State but I was asked by Senator Maria Byrne, who was Acting Chairperson earlier, to welcome the group that came into the Public Gallery while the Minister of State was speaking. It is the Gorey Little Theatre group and Gorey Musical Society. They are guests of Senator Malcolm Byrne. Also in the Gallery are his parents, Myles and Mary Byrne, and his sister, Aoife Clarke.

I call Senator Kyne to sum up.