I add my voice to those who have referred to the retirement of former Senator Jimmy Harte, his contribution to his community and Seanad Éireann. I met him on the first day I joined the Seanad. He was a fine gentleman and gave me some sound advice. There were many times during the first year or two of my time here when he put me to shame, particularly at lunch time when I saw him strip off in the fitness centre and go out training for his marathon running. All the goings on in the Seanad pale in comparison to what he and his family have endured since that tragic fall. It makes us realise that our health is our wealth. I wish Jimmy and his family the very best of luck as he continues to recover from that tragedy.

With regard to Senator Terry Leyden’s comments on the loss of the Web Summit, a general election is certainly in the air because it is not the Government’s fault that we have lost the summit. It is not Tourism Ireland’s fault, or Ireland’s fault. This is all about business and the almighty dollar.

Greed.

The bottom line is the dollar.

Despite all the support from Irish institutions.

Having worked in Fáilte Ireland for many years as a younger man, I know that conference venues change from city to city around the United States and Europe. Ireland was lucky to host the Web Summit for three or four years. Digging deeper into Senator Terry Leyden’s comments about its contribution of €140 million to the economy and the 30,000 guests who come to Ireland, it must be election time because his numbers are way off. I have heard of a contribution of €70 million or €100 million. If there are 30,000 people they are contributing almost €5,000 per person to the economy, yet we hear that almost half the people who attend the conference are not from overseas. Tourism numbers are up and the conference centres have bookings all the way through to 2017 and beyond. It will not make a difference to tourism numbers. There are over 300,000 people attending the National Ploughing Championships. That makes an enormous contribution to Ireland, rural Ireland in particular. I spent the past three weeks travelling around rural Ireland working on a television series and found that the attitude in rural Ireland has changed dramatically for the better in recent years. Restaurants are booming and businesses seem to be booming. Ireland is back on its feet and we will see much better things in the near future.

When is the programme being broadcast? I would like to know. Is it on RTE, TV3 or UTV?