Recently the Scottish First Minister, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, MSP, addressed the Chamber. It was a great day and we were delighted to have her in Ireland. She visited the Book of Kells that is housed in Trinity College Dublin. I called for her support in asking for the Book of Kells to be returned to the people of Kells in County Meath.

Good man.

I ask Senator David Norris to have a word with his friends in Trinity College Dublin. I would like to make a few points about the Book of Kells. It comprises four volumes by the four Evangelists - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Two of the volumes are never displayed by the university but kept in storage. The Book of Kells fell into the hands of the Protestant ascendency class and subsequently Trinity College Dublin as a direct result of the Cromwellian wars in Ireland.

No, Norris took it.

The Book of Kells was kept safely in Kells for over 600 years.

And then they lost it.

The Book of Kells belongs to the people of Ireland, not Trinity College Dublin.

And then they let it fall into the bog.

It belongs to the people.

I would like Senator David Norris to thank Trinity College Dublin and its librarians for taking good care of the book. Let us remember that the people of Kells took care of it during the 600 years it was in the Columban monastery.

And then they lost it.

We want it back.

The people are not getting it.