Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Bertie Ahern, Former Taoiseach Seanad Éireann — 2023-05-23 ============================================================ Jerry Buttimer (CC), Labour Panel In his contribution Senator Joe O’Reilly referred to John Bruton. On behalf of all of us, I thank Mr. Bruton for his work and wish him every good health. I also ask Mr. Jeremy Wilmshurst to convey our thanks to Ambassador Johnston for his wonderful engagement with us here. We thank Mr. Wilmshurst for his engagement with Members of the House and for being here today. Iarraim ar an iarThaoiseach, Parthalán Ó hEachthairn, freagra a thabhairt ar an díospóireacht. I call on Mr. Ahern to respond to the debate. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2023-05-23/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:51:55+00:00 Sitting date: 2023-05-23