Before entering upon the Orders of the Day, I have to make the following announcement:—

I have received a letter from the Department of External Affairs conveying the gratitude of the Chargé d'Affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature. to Seanad Éireann for their message of sympathy on the occasion of the death of the Most Reverend Monsignor Ettore Felici, Apostolic Nuncio.