I appreciate we will be talking about the budget later but I want to acknowledge that the Government really seemed to have a go today at making a tangible, robust response to the crippling issue of the cost of living. It has done so in a robust way but in a way that is not economically reckless.

In this cost-of-living crisis, we should not lose sight of mental wellness and the power of sport to connect and help people. Last weekend in Belfast, at the ripe old age of 37, Eric "Lilywhite Lightning" Donovan from County Kildare fulfilled a dream by becoming a European boxing champion.

Hear, hear. Well done.

As he would tell people, his life was full of adversity but he turned it around. He would say boxing probably saved his life and now he is a role model who visits schools and gives talks. TG4 brought his boxing fight live into many homes in Ireland. Gabhaim buíochas le TG4 agus déanaim comhghairdeas le Eric Donovan. Is ambasadóir iontach é don dornálaíocht agus don spórt. Tá an-áthas orm ar a shon. Gan dabht, tá súil agam go mbeidh seans aige troid i gCill Dara le haghaidh craobh na hEorpa. Bhí mé ag caint le muintir Bhaile Phúinse, lena bhainisteoir, le Eric féin agus lena lán daoine eile ó Chill Dara. Ní raibh troid le haghaidh craobh mar seo sa chontae seo ón uair a throid fear cáiliúil, Dan Donnelly, ann fadó. Tharla an troid sin sa Churrach tamall fada ó shin, sa bhliain 1815. Le cúnamh Dé, tarlóidh sé arís sa chás seo.