Before the Minister of State replies, I remind Senators to be conscious when naming minors that it may or may not have implications in the future.

I welcome Grace and Ciara from Mayo, who are the guests of Deputy Keira Keogh. I have no doubt Deputy Keogh is looking after them both. I also add my congratulations to Alison Field. It is a huge honour. I have no doubt she will represent Dublin with huge grace and determination. As the Cathaoirleach said, it is great to see her here.

The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer is in next. Senator Murphy O'Mahony can fire away.

Before the Minister of State rises, I welcome Fr. Aquin Casey from Cobh and Sr. Carmel.

Aquinas, that is right. I apologise to Fr. Casey for butchering his name. Fr. Casey and Sr. Carmel are guests of Deputy Noel McCarthy. I also welcome the members of the Ballyvolane Community Association group and Ballyphehane Day Care Centre, who are guests of Deputy Ken O'Flynn and the Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin. They are all very welcome. I hope that they have a nice day.

That is seeing as they are not playing football.

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy. If Senator O'Loughlin is in agreement, we will take her Commencement matter in advance of that of Senator P. J. Murphy to allow the latter some time to prepare.

Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the Senator for facilitating us.

I welcome the motion from the Government Senators and the recognition that energy affordability in Ireland is a complete disaster.

I am saying that. In effect, the Government Senators recognise there is so much more that can be done. It is hard not to be cynical when Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael put forward a motion in the Seanad on what the State should be doing, as though they were not the ones holding the reins of power in this State. The motion suggests that the CRU, a body that is responsible to a Fianna Fáil Minister, should try telling electricity companies to treat consumers slightly better, and otherwise give the Government a pat on the …

Direct employment.

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That ringtone certainly had a Roy Keane vibe.

We now know that Kerry's secret to improving clubs' level of football skills is to get pubs into small villages.

Based on Dublin's performance, there are obviously many closing down.

Senator Lynch is next and she is wearing the Cork colours.

Before we suspend, I would like to welcome Deputy Michael Cahill and his guests to the Gallery. I hope they have an interesting visit.

I echo Senator Fitzpatrick's good wishes to the Pride community. Happy Pride to everyone; it is going to be a great celebration. I raise again the FAI's shameful intention to support apartheid Israel’s sportswashing. It recently announced that its upcoming fixture with genocidal Israel will be played at a venue abroad instead of at the Aviva Stadium. Using some bizarre, twisted logic, the FAI has tried to make this out to be some sort of concession to appease pro-human rights and pro-Palestinian activists, as if pl…

I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: “: - resolves that sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2026 and ending on 29th June, 2027; and - calls on the Minister for Justice to bring forward legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Independent Review Group without further delay.”.

Sinn Féin welcomes the fact that the Government has finally come round to Sinn Féin's position that the offences against the State legislation should be overhauled. It is disappointing that three years after the publication of the review of the Offences Against the State Acts, the Government is once again renewing the existing provisions because it has been so slow in bringing forward new legislation to provide for the recommendations of that review. The independent review group, chaired by Mr. Justice Michael Pear…