Senator Clonan's time is up.

Senator Clonan has a point of order.

I will bring the Senator in in a minute.

Yes.

Before I call Senator Clifford-Lee, I welcome visitors from Rylane National School, who are guests of Senator Lynch. You are obviously from Cork. I see Deputy Nash is there with some guests as well; they are very welcome. Kyle Roche is here. He is on work experience with Senator Clifford-Lee. Sam Burke is here and he is on work experience with me. They are all very welcome. I give a special welcome to the Italian ambassador, H.E. Nicola Faganello, and Michela Linda Magrì. I hope I have the pronunciation right. They…

Before we carry on, I want to welcome former councillor, Kathleen Shanagher, chairperson of the Roscommon Tidy Towns Association, along with Alison Maher and Kevin Woods. I thank them for all the work they do. They are guests of Senator Scahill, who I call on now.

Before I call Senator Duffy, I welcome his guest, Ailbhe Munnelly. She is a niece of Councillor Jarlath Munnelly from County Mayo. Ailbhe is very welcome. I take it she is from County Mayo as well. I hope she enjoys her visit.

I welcome Deputy Sheehan to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. He is accompanied by Dr. Clodagh Toomey of the University of Limerick, Stacey Grealish and Karen Kelleher, who have made a presentation on osteoarthritis in the audiovisual room. They are very welcome to the Seanad.

I call on the Acting Leader to respond.

Before I deal with the Order of Business, I welcome our visitors from Wicklow Educate Together National School, who are the guests of Senator Pat Casey. We also have the guests of the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Brophy, with us. As is customary in the House, there should be no homework for the rest of the week for those from Educate Together. Enjoy your visit today. Senator Stephenson has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That No. 13 be taken before No. 1." This was seconded by Senator Higgins. Th…

When is it proposed to take Second Stage?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

When is it proposed to take Second Stage?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

I remind all Members that we are here to hear from the MEPs from Midlands-North-West on their work in Europe and European matters of relevance, especially with Ireland taking over the Presidency of the EU. I would be grateful if people would confine their remarks to that category. That is what the heading is today. That is for all Members.

I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery guests of the Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Verona Murphy. You are very welcome and I hope you enjoy your visit. After the first session, I am now going to give five minutes to each of the MEPs to respond. We will start with Ms Carberry.

I have to cut across Ms Carberry because I am trying to get all the other speakers in.

Not at all, you are fine.

Perfect. I call Mr. Cowen.

The MEPs will have a chance to come back in.