I will speak to the amendment but I do not like such accusations being made against my colleagues. We will be opposing the amendment. We need to move this legislation on and get it signed into law.

Now.

Now.

I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) Bill 2026 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.”

At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 April 2026.

Yesterday, the murderer of Natalie McNally, Stephen McCullagh, was found guilty and the details that emerged during the trial were nothing if not horrific. What Natalie endured in her final hours was very difficult to listen to. She was beaten, strangled and stabbed. I am struck by the mammoth task that lies ahead in Northern Ireland to address the issue of violence against women. Thirty women have been murdered in Northern Ireland since 2020 and that figure represents 88% of the women murdered on this island, so t…

I welcome the Minister of State. I appreciate his taking the time to answer this Commencement matter. As those who are long-standing Members of this Chamber will know, this is an issue that I have been raising since my election in 2016. There is a long and sorry history to the proposed new family courts complex at Hammond Lane. The site was bought in 2000 by the OPW, and a new family law complex for Dublin was promised in 2014. Currently, Dublin's family law courts are housed at Dolphin House, Phoenix House, Chance…

I thank the Minister of State. As he outlined, very challenging matters happen in these courts. We need secure premises. The Minister of State will know that a number of judges have been attacked in Phoenix House and Dolphin House. There are no secure arrangements in those buildings for people who are going into custody on foot of the matters being discussed. It is vital that this new building is built as soon as possible. I am delighted to hear that the procurement process is finished. The Minister of State said t…

I was following the debate on the Order of Business upstairs in my office and I felt compelled to come to the House to speak about the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. There were some scurrilous accusations being hurled his way and I am glad that some comments were withdrawn on my way down to the Chamber because it is not something any of us in here could stand over. The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, has been extremely responsive to Members of this House, Members of the Lower House and councillors around the country. …

I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. The Minister of State is welcome to the Chamber and his presence shows that a cross-governmental approach will need to be taken. I will touch on a few points. Chief among them is the impact of AI and social media on our democracies worldwide. We are lucky in Ireland that we have not seen our democratic system totally upended like other countries, but that is always on the horizon. In every election we have stood in, we can see the creeping influence of social media…

Next Tuesday.

There has been a lot of latitude-----

I would like to speak.

A number of weeks ago, a resolution was before the European Parliament condemning the slaughter of 30,000 people by the Iranian authorities, the use of execution as a tool of oppression of the people of Iran and the treatment of women, and supporting the Women, Life, Freedom campaign. In recent weeks, 30,000 people have been slaughtered by the Iranian regime in an attempt to suppress an uprising. People are being executed in hospital beds. They are being shot in the head, yet two Sinn Féin MEPs abstained on this re…

I did not get to the end of my contribution. I wanted to pose a question on a very important topic. A lot of other Members ran over their time.

What about Iran?

On a point of order, will Ms Funchion outline what other details was------

I am not aware of any other details so perhaps Ms Funchion would outline the rest of the detail of the resolution.

There is a lot of detail-----

Ms Funchion did not answer the question. I want to know what detail was objected to.