I thank the Cathaoirleach and the Leader. It is an honour to stand up and speak in Leinster House. I thank everyone who supported me to get elected to represent them here. It is not the Seanad Chamber, but it is great to be in Leinster House. I support Senators McGahon and Murphy regarding private coach operators . I have family involved in the industry and I echo their comments. I wish to raise a number of school issues. School in September is a worry for a lot of schools. I have three issues in my area regarding …

I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on being elected to his position. I wish him well over his term and look forward to working with him over the next number of years. I concur with what Senator Gallagher said regarding sporting clubs. I am treasurer of my own local GAA club and have been heavily involved at a national level within that organisation. Throughout the sporting world, there has been a serious reduction in the amount of income for those clubs. A stimulus package of €70 million for clubs was announced by th…