Order of Business
The Ceann Comhairle welcomed relatives of Stoneybatter rebels and a former TD to the Chamber. This was a brief procedural introduction before Leaders' Questions began.
Before we proceed to Leaders' Questions, I have been asked by Deputy Catherine Murphy to extend a welcome to relatives of the Stoneybatter rebels who fought in the 1916 Rising in the Four Courts area and who also took part in the War of Independence, so hello to Jimmy Stephenson, David Kilmartin, Audrey Flanagan, Una O'Carroll, David Lawlor, John Kirwan and Finbarr O'Carroll, son of the late Maureen O'Carroll, who graced this Chamber for the constituency of Dublin North-Central from 1954 to 1957. They are all very welcome. Give them a round of applause.