Lone-parent welfare policy
Senator Wilson supports the proposed amendment to prioritise the lone-parent motion while also expressing sympathy to victims of the Tunisian and Baltimore tragedies.
I second Senator Gerard P. Craughwell's proposal to amend the Order of Business.
I join Senator Terry Leyden in extending sympathy to the families of Larry and Martina Hayes from Athlone and Lorna Carty from County Meath who were so tragically killed in Tunisia.
I echo his call for anybody intending on going on holidays to these regions to think again. It is very volatile and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade should increase the risk analysis for these areas.
I join colleagues in extending my sympathy to the three people who so tragically lost their lives in west Cork. Senator Denis O'Donovan brought home to us the reality of such a situation and the trauma it causes to those involved, as well as to the communities involved.