To follow Senator Feargal Quinn's comments on the need for defibrillators on aeroplanes, which is an important issue, I wish to raise an issue regarding people on holidays. Sadly, there has been a great deal of focus on people on holidays in the past few days due to tragic events, but the issue I wish to raise is the consumption of alcohol by people on holidays. I recently spoke to a colleague who told me that on their way back from a holiday a person went through withdrawal symptoms on the aeroplane. Obviously, the person was drinking excessively while on holidays. When it was suggested the only solution available on the aeroplane was to give the person a drink, the response was that he could not be given a drink because he had to drive others home from the airport. It is important when people go on holidays to keep the issue of alcohol consumption in mind because excessive drinking can cause problems. It certainly caused problems in that case, and caused problems for the airline also.

The other issue I wish to raise - I raised it as a Commencement matter earlier - is the current difficulties with the registration of nurses and the shortage of nurses.

That was discussed as a Commencement matter and should not be raised on the Order of Business.