I acknowledge the Leader is here to toe the party line and represent his party. I am sure he is delighted to be still sitting where he is after a change of leader and so on and rightly so, because he has been a good and fair performer. Without fear of contradiction, the biggest problem facing our country at present is Brexit and the fallout therefrom. I would be very surprised if anybody could contradict that. I was among the first people to call for a separate, specific Minister with responsibility for Brexit. We debated it here on a number of occasions. I do not think it was a big request; it was quite a good and logical idea. I see the Leader shaking his head.

I am not.

I have given the Leader leeway by acknowledging he had to toe a certain party line but there was no man like Enda. He was the man, he had to deal with it because he had the contacts and nobody else in this country could look after it by-----

It is nice to hear that from the Opposition.

I am talking through the Chair and I would not interrupt anybody, particularly those in Fine Gael.

The Senator is being complimented.

I have to be honest about it. The argument was that nobody but the ex-leader of our country could look after the Brexit portfolio because he had the connections in Europe. It was rehashed here on three or four occasions as if it had to be written in stone. When he departed as leader, I waited for the Cabinet reshuffle after which I thought we would have a Brexit Minister, Deputy Enda Kenny. Consequently, I could not believe it when I heard the news that instead, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, who the Leader knows well, would be the Minister with responsibility for issues with the North.

I hate to interrupt the Senator but this has no relevance to the Order of Business.

It is fully relevant.

Unfortunately, the Senator's time is up.

I am finishing. I am getting there. If I had not been interrupted I would be long finished.

I will take-----

No. Please, Senator Feighan, you will be next.

I am only at the-----

With respect, I must ask Senator Davitt to wind up.

I will just continue.

I cannot let him continue.

Deputy Simon Coveney is now dealing with Northern issues, which is an extremely important portfolio.

He is the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

One of the most important issues is Brexit.

Nothing to do with the Seanad.

There was a reshuffle. We have now appointed a new Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs.

Senator-----

I am extremely surprised that we could not have made one for Brexit. It was a no-brainer, and it is a missed opportunity.

The Senator has gone one minute over time.

I ask the Leader to go back to his party leader and discuss it post-haste.