On a point of order, everybody in the House understands why the Taoiseach is absent, but we do not understand why the Tánaiste is absent.

That is not a point of order.

With due respect to the House, there would seem to be a compulsion that when the Taoiseach is absent, the Tánaiste ought to be here.

That is not a point of order. I ask the Deputy to allow Deputy Kenny to ask his question.

If the Tánaiste can commission a helicopter to get to Manorhamilton, she can commission a helicopter to get to Longford and back and demonstrate some respect for this House.

I fully understand the absence of the Taoiseach and record the full support of this side of the House and, I am sure, the House in general for the work the Government is undertaking in Belfast.

I appreciate the Deputy's point, but we would not want to create a precedent in this regard. This is Leaders' Questions.