I am not going to take the whole evening. It said that. It is on record as saying that. I do not want to be fighting with it or with anyone. That is important. We have to accept that it said that.

We have to accept that.

I thank the Minister for coming to the House this morning. It is it is greatly appreciated by Members.

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, for coming to the House to take this matter, which relates to the participation framework in the defence procurement process. Senator Ahearn has four minutes to set out his stall.

I propose that we suspend as the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, is in the Dáil. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I thank the Minister of State, who will be here for the next two Commencement matters.

I thank Senator Ryan and call Senator Buttimer. Sorry, I call the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer.

Former Senator, and he will always be welcome back.

I thank the Minister of State very much for his time this morning. I thank Senators for their engagement on the Commencement matters.

The Minister's response has not been circulated. If one has not been brought over, I ask that a response be sent to the House.

I thank the Minister for her time. We greatly appreciate it.

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, to the House.

The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, is very welcome, as always, to the House. We are exceptionally fond of him. He has huge experience in here and it is great to see him back.

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer. We greatly appreciate his time. I also thank Senator Kyne.

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Murnane O'Connor, for coming to the House.

I thank the Minister of State for her very sympathetic response, as always. We greatly appreciate her coming to the House to deal with this matter today. I thank Senator Clonan for raising this matter. It is a very important one. I would like to welcome and thank Patricia. I recognised her the minute I saw her there because we came across each other somewhere else before. Patricia and her son Bryan are very welcome to these Houses. It is a reminder when people come with their lived experience and see this Parliamen…

First, I want to extend my sincere condolences to Padraic White, his daughter and family and pay tribute to Mary White. What a wonderful Senator she was. I am sure we will have an opportunity to pay tribute to her at some later point but I would just like to say now that Mary White was a great friend, a great personal mentor, a true republican and an entrepreneur. I look forward to having the opportunity to pay tribute to her to a greater extent in this House. Yesterday I was in Galway where President Connolly offi…

I will keep in short. In fairness to the Minister of State, I recall her touching on this amendment. There are so many amendments, which is the nature of the legislation. I remember her touching on it but conscious that the amendment had not yet been reached. She has made her position quite clear. I will not go into any great detail other than to endorse what Senator Ryan said. I will not repeat everything the Senator said but I fully agree with her. This is a very welcome amendment as it strengthens and safeguards…

I will be brief. Again, we are hearing from psychiatrists but there are two, if not three sides, to this story. Psychiatrists have said that some of them are not trained in making reliable assessments of risk in the context of this criterion. They argue that risk assessments are often speculative, inconsistent and prone to error. This is a factor that we must consider because it is qualified psychiatrists who are saying this. Clearly, it is an issue and clear, evidence-based criteria must be used. Alarm bells are b…

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