I am not sure about my hand-eye co-ordination.

TG4 is closer to the people, generally speaking.

Some are better than others.

I was also glad to see the Luxembourgish ambassador here today. I was part of the European affairs committee delegation that went to Luxembourg recently. It is a very interesting country given all its minorities, including the many people who were not born there and, indeed, the many who travel there every day to work. It is also a country with a very interesting association with County Carlow because its patron saint is St. Willibrord, as the Deputy Leader probably knows very well. Whereas we often talk about all …

Well said, but the Senator might add that Cuba is not exactly one of the great democracies either.

That is a hard act to follow. I commend Senator O'Reilly on every word she said. I also commend Senator Gallagher on his words earlier. I ask today for a debate on Ireland's spiralling abortion figures. The Sinn Féin Bill proposing to abolish the three-day waiting period is wrong in every respect. It will deny the very women who might need it the required guaranteed space to think and reflect about the irrevocable step that is abortion. Many women have benefited from that space and have kept their babies after the …

Get him a guitar.

That would be an electric contribution, in fairness.

And a few who are alive because of the three-day waiting period.

Planned Parenthood is a very discreditable organisation.

It has been involved in the trading in body parts and all of that horrible stuff.

Both.

I welcome the UK Government's decision to embark on policies that will restrict access to social media for under-16s. My first hope, of course, is that the Irish Government will follow suit. There has been a lot of talk and hints, particularly from the Tánaiste in recent days, that Ireland might go in this direction as well. That would be welcome in itself but how it is done is as important as what is done. There is a concern in some quarters that the Government, under the guise of acting in children's best interes…

Can we have statements in the House with the Minister?

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh an mBille tábhachtach seo. I will not say much other than to signal my support for this important and humane legislation. I commend the Fianna Fáil Senators, all those involved and the Minister on bringing this forward. These are the better moments in our society when family members and loved ones act out of their own grief and pain to seek change in some way as a fitting memorial to person they have lost but also in solidarity with others who may have been similarly affected …

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I welcome this Bill and the essence of it, which, as the Minister of State has set out, focuses principally on media mergers and acquisitions, as well as on the important issue of advertising by public bodies. I have a few points to make. In relation to media mergers and acquisitions, we had representatives of the Department, Coimisiún na Meán and, indeed, the independent radio sector before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport yesterday…

Many of us, the Cathaoirleach included, will have received a very reasonable letter from Mr. Declan McKenna, not previously known to me, regarding the use of LGBT and transgender pride colours within the branding and public communications of Government Departments. He specifies the education Department. He says the inclusion of these symbols may be perceived as endorsing particular views on gender identity and sexuality that are not shared by all citizens. He stresses he fully supports the dignity and respectful tr…

That one was voted down. The then Senator Bacik's motion did not succeed.

If Senator Andrews thinks that is a comparison, he needs to reflect on the issues.

If Sinn Féin is becoming anti-religion, I think that will help it at the polls.