Perhaps if the Senator attempted not to make snide remarks and play the political game, he might achieve better results, rather than going the old Sinn Féin way.

Is that results for landlords?

I know that the Senator does not want to go down the old ways of Sinn Féin and that he is trying to come to new ways.

The Leader is talking nonsense.

It is a chest infection.

He is diverting attention from the pig in a poke.

Let us work together. There are many positives in the strategy.

Nonsense. The Minister has sold us a pig in a poke.

The strategy deserves to be given a chance. There are many varying viewpoints, but the Senator always says everything the Government states is nonsense.

I do not; that it is not true.

We need to move on and not get bogged down.

Reference was made to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Katharine Zappone.

I do not always talk nonsense.

I agree with the Senator that there is an issue to be discussed because there are child care provisions against which there is a serious question mark. I will be happy to work with the Senator on the issue. I have already met the Minister in that regard. She is aware of the issue and I will be happy to have her come to the House to discuss it.

Senator Colette Kelleher welcomed the national strategy. To be fair to her, she has expertise in this matter. As Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh knows well, the Minister will be in the House again before Christmas.

Senator Ivana Bacik proposed we have a debate on the issue of fossil fuel divestment, as did Senator Alice-Mary Higgins. I congratulate the Trinity College Dublin Senators on being the first to raise the issue. It is part of a conversation the State needs to have.

On the situation in Aleppo, all Senators agree that there is a need for international action sooner rather than later because it has moved beyond what is acceptable. As Senator Gerard P. Craughwell said, the pictures and images are real life.

I join Senator Maria Byrne in welcoming the announcement made on the Shannon Estuary drive. I thank her for being an advocate for it, especially the area around Limerick and its inclusion in the Wild Atlantic Way. I also welcome the new rugby museum.

Senator Robbie Gallagher raised a very topical issue - the lack of substitute teachers. I will be happy for the Minister for Education and Skills to come to the House to discuss the issue.

Senators Gerard P. Craughwell, Frank Feighan and Paul Coghlan raised the issue of Brexit. The House of Lords report is a very fine tome which Members should read and reflect on during the holidays. There is a lot of very interesting commentary and observational analysis contained within it. It includes the line, "The implications of Brexit for Ireland are therefore more profound than they are for any other Member State", which is correct. Another line that struck me was, "The implications of the 23 June referendum result for UK-Irish relations are often overlooked, at least on this side of the Irish Sea", which is not an unfair comment.