I fully endorse the Cathaoirleach's welcome to Ann Widdecombe who has done so much to champion the cause and promote the right to life. It is appalling what is happening across the water from us and in other places, that so many lives are being lost in the womb as is happening throughout the world. We would want to be very careful not to travel down that slippery slope.

This morning we must also welcome Greece's new-found friend, Senator Mark Daly-----

I always liked Greece. I do not know if the Senator likes it.

We all like Greece-----

That is good.

-----but beware the Greeks when they come bearing gifts. The Senator seems to be a self-styled expert in yet another area-----

I am not as good as the Senator; I am only following in his wake.

The truth is they falsified the figures, they lied their way in. I am all for holding Greece in the European Union, but let it be like so many other countries which are not in the euro. The situation did not permit them to be in the euro-----

Senator Paul Coghlan to continue, without interruption.

When the Senator meets the German ambassador, he should ask him if there is any chance that the Germans will give the Greeks the same deal they were given in 1945.

Ease them back to the drachma. Of course, we gave them every help-----

Why are they not being given the same deal?

The Senator had more than his share of time.

They are European citizens like the rest of us, which we salute.

The Senator salutes them. How about giving them-----

There would be no point whatsoever in cobbling together some kind of Mickey Mouse fake agreement that is unsustainable when we will be back in trouble within six months.

That is what happened six months ago.

The Senator would know a lot about it.