Beidh mé deas ciúin agus séimh i mo chuid focal anseo. I will be temperate in my remarks, given the previous exchanges. It is positive that we have had some discussion of issues of fact in the North, around politics, the economy and society in the North. It is a great pity that Fianna Fáil would bring such a negative and ill-informed approach to that debate.

The Senator is very touchy about the Government.

I ask Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile to stick to today's Order of Business.

I will come to the Order of Business and what I want to ask the Leader to do, which is very important. Senator Ned O'Sullivan referred to statistics.

The Senator should not invite argument. This is the Order of Business, not a debate.

I promise this will bring me to my request, but I want to give the context.

Pass over it quickly, please.

Senator Ned O'Sullivan referred to some statistics for poverty levels, many of which were out of date, in west Belfast, with it being only such one example. He is right in that there are difficulties facing that community.

Will the Senator, please, address his remarks through the Chair? He is out of order.

Perhaps some it comes down to people standing idly by and allowing it to get to that stage. However, my fear is that the Senator is right, the block grant allocated to the Executive in the North has been cut by £4 billion by the Tory Administration in London. Given the outcome of the vote last week, there is a danger of us in the North being marooned to that Government against our will. The people in the Six Counties, Nationalist, Unionist, republican, loyalist and everything else in between, have clearly exercised their democratic wish to stay in the European Union. I was heartened by the Taoiseach's remarks that he will convene a national forum to discuss this issue. That needs to be inclusive and to involve all Members of the Oireachtas, Seanadóirí and Teachta Dálaí, Assembly Members, MEPs and people from civic society and everyone else in between who campaigned for a "Leave" vote. Given that we are in the midst of this crisis, it is imperative that we hear from the Taoiseach in terms of the next steps with respect to this forum, in particular, what we will do next and how we can give a voice to ensure one part of Ireland will not be in the European Union and the other part of it will be outside it. That is bad for Ireland overall. It reinforces partition which is already bad for all Irish people.

Unfortunately, the Senator's time is up.

We need to continue with that process.