He canvassed the whole of the Seanad.

I welcome our guests to the Gallery. The young people are very welcome. I hope they have no homework for the rest of the week. Our non-young people who are not students are very welcome as well. Enjoy your visit.

Recommittal will be necessary in respect of amendments Nos. 2; 4 to 7, inclusive; 12; 13; 20; 21; 25; 26; 48 to 50, inclusive; and 52. I ask Members to note that by agreeing to the motion to recommit, the House will allow a Committee Stage-style discussion on those amendments. Therefore, Members may speak more than once on each of these amendments. In respect of other amendments, I remind Senators that they may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of an amendment, who may reply to the discussion…

I will ask for that. Amendments Nos. 1, 11 and 42 to 44, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Senator Boyhan is in possession, so I will ask him to resume his contribution on this grouping.

May I interrupt? There is a group in the Gallery who will be leaving us in two seconds. I welcome the group from Knockavilla community council in County Tipperary. In particular, I welcome Councillor Declan Burgess, who is a fine public representative and doing a great deal of good work.

At this juncture I pay tribute to Senator Carrigy and his committee today on their very fine report. I congratulate him and his committee. They have done a great piece of work. Déanaim comhghairdeas leo.

I welcome the students from Blackrock College who are in the Visitors Gallery today as guests of Senator McDowell. They have recently completed transition year and fifth year. I also welcome Caroline and Neasa who are with them today. I also welcome our guests today from the United States of America, from Quinnipiac University law group in Connecticut. We also have a family from Brazil who are here as well. They are all very welcome to Leinster House today.

As it is now past 5.30 p.m., the debate must be adjourned in accordance with the order of the Seanad today.

I welcome our colleague and friend, Senator O'Loughlin, who is joined by Councillor Noel Heavey and members of the Newbridge community group. You are all very welcome. Senator Horkan has friends in the Public Gallery as well and I want to welcome them too.

Dáil Éireann passed the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023 on 31 May 2023, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Catherine Ardagh - The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the pilot lung cancer screening programme and the timeline for the roll-out of a national programme. Senator Tim Lombard - The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned new endoscopy suite for Bantry General Hospital, including timelines for the completion of the project. The matters raised by the Senat…

I welcome the students from Loreto Primary School, Rathfarnham, to Leinster House today. They and their teachers are all very welcome. I thank them for being here. They are guests of the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond. I hope they have a very good school tour in Leinster House today. They are joining us as we begin our business in the Seanad. In keeping with the tradition associated with visits to Seanad Éireann, I will let them off homework this week. I hope they have a very good visit. Senator Tim Lombard: Th…

We are near the end of the school year. As a former teacher, I believe it is important to recognise the good work of the students and give the teachers a well-earned break from correcting.

The Deputy is not here to defend himself.

The Senator should be careful not to name people in the House.

Prior to calling the Leader to announce the Order of Business, it is my sad duty as Cathaoirleach to announce to the House that the passing of our former colleague and friend, former Leas-Chathaoirleach, Paul Coghlan, occurred during our recess. As many of you will know, Paul Coghlan was a proud Kerryman, one of five children, a friend to all of us, who made a huge contribution to the life of Kerry from a tourism, enterprise and business perspective, but also as one of the founding shareholders of Radio Kerry. As M…

On a point of clarification, is Senator Boyhan proposing that all Senators who wish to speak on the Bill receive 12 minutes?

Later today, Senator McGreehan's two sons, Eoin and Dónal, will be in the Oireachtas on a school tour with Mullaghbuoy National School. I am not sure if they will be here before the Order of Business ends. If they are, we will give them a céad míle fáilte. We hope they have a very good visit today. Before I call the Leader, I wish to say to Members that we will in due course have tributes to former the Senator Paul Coghlan in the House. I thank Members for their contributions and warm tributes to the former Senator…

I welcome students from Mullaghbuoy National School who have a very proud past pupil in Senator McGreehan. Where are Eoin and Donal? Seasaigí suas. Where is Donal? Tá sé anseo. They are very welcome to Leinster House. They can be very proud of their mum and I hope they have a very good day here. Maybe one day they will be here, in replacement of, or maybe with, their mum. Rather than replacing her, they may be with her. Would that not be fun? I thank their teachers for being here. I hope the boys and girls have a p…