I had not realised that so many of my colleagues would refer to the death of William Trevor. I am very glad they did. I think it shows what a literate and cultivated House this is. I had the pleasure of meeting William Trevor approximately 25 years ago when I made a BBC television programme with Frank Delaney. He was a most modest, unassuming and charming man. He had a very sharply defined way of dealing with character in his short stories. I found some of the stories quite shocking. One of them was unbearable to read. It was about somebody who went away from a flat - I think it was in Brighton - and left the butler in charge. The butler gradually took over the flat. When he invited his friends in, they created devastation until the owner of the flat unexpectedly came back. I could hardly bear to read the last sentence. He also illustrated the lives of the Protestant community in rural areas and small provincial towns. He was 88. It is not a huge tragedy, but it is a moment to remember his quite extraordinary contribution to Irish literature.

I would like to pick up on what Senator Bacik said about President-elect Trump, if indeed he was elected. I say that because the American system is quite extraordinary. Given that Hillary Clinton got 2 million more votes than him, one would imagine that she would be President. She got the second highest number of votes ever received by a candidate in an American presidential election.

I think the difference might be 200,000 rather than 2 million, but not to worry.

The Leas-Chathaoirleach is wrong.

They said 2 million today.

The Leader has informed me that I am wrong.

It is 2 million. I originally heard 200,000, so the Leas-Chathaoirleach is quite right to mention that figure.

We will settle it afterwards.

Right. It is bad enough having Trump, but the appointments he has made are deeply worrying. These are appalling people. Trump does not know the first thing about politics, as far as I can see.

He said, for example, that for every new regulation introduced, two will have to be scrapped.

That is a great idea.

It does not say what they are. Some may need to be scrapped. It does not say anything about their relevance. It is just a kind of arithmetical thing. Then there is his idiotic tweet telling the British that they have to appoint Nigel Farage as ambassador to Washington. The sooner this creature comes down off the moon, the better.