I thank colleagues in the other House and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for their agreement on the legislation that went through the Dáil yesterday in regard to banning smoking in cars where children are present. This important legislation shows what can be done when all sides work together, when legislators legislate and when bureaucrats do not prevent us from doing our work.

I also welcome the new US ambassador to Ireland, who has presented his credentials to President Michael D. Higgins. I had the pleasure of meeting Ambassador O'Malley in St. Louis and I believe he will do an excellent job in the time available to him, not only here but in the context of the ongoing peace process.

I must also give credit to our impending Senator, Mr. John McNulty. I should praise him, because he has more interest in our heritage than we might be aware of. He made the journey from Donegal through Leitrim, to Sligo, to Lissadell House, where, I understand, he met the Taoiseach. Apparently-----

The Senator's information is out of-----

We are on the Order of Business. Has the Senator a question for the Deputy Leader?

Will the Deputy Leader clarify whether the phrase "The job is as good as yours" was used? To make such a journey and to claim that he never met him is quite extraordinary.

Has the Senator a question for the Deputy Leader?

I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence.

Members have often criticised Israel here and have been lambasted as being anti-Israel and anti-Jewish. That is not the situation. Just because people criticise a country does not mean they are against it. They might rather be in favour of a peace process in Palestine. Just because Members might criticise the United States, that does not mean they are against the United States.

The Senator is way over time.

Just because a person might question whether an ambassador was aware that he had been invited to a fund-raiser by a political party-----

We dealt with that issue yesterday. The Senator is completely out of order. I ruled on the issue yesterday. Please resume your seat.

-----it does not mean Members have the right to cast aspersions on anyone's character. I ask the Cathaoirleach to look at the record of what was said yesterday and the comments made by Members here who themselves have castigated the British on many occasions.

All I ask of our colleagues across the water-----

Would you cop yourself on?

-----is to release the files on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings.

Will the Senator resume his seat? He is completely out of order.

He should listen to the Cathaoirleach.

Will Senator Paul Coghlan, who seems to be a great friend of the British ambassador, ask him to do so?

Resume your seat.