I concur with the comments made by others. I thank Martin Groves, Bridget Doody and all the staff across the House for their courtesy and help over the last term. It is an honour to walk in the front door of the House every day. It is something that I feel privileged to do. I wish my colleagues of all parties well. I know it is not going to be a quiet summer. There is lots of work to be done. I concur with the comments made by Senator Lombard in relation to school transport. If the issue is not addressed, we are going to have a very busy August with issues on the ground.

The Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023 came before the House on Tuesday. My strong view is that we need to review the Disability Act 2005. I have said it on numerous occasions. We have discussed the matter in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism over an 18-month period. We have met with various representative groups, including parents' groups. This review needs to happen and we need to make it happen. We have waited too long for it. I ask the Deputy Leader to take that request back to the Government, because the issue needs to be dealt with now. We need to carry out a review of the legislation and make the changes that need to be made to ensure that children, in particular, get access to the services they are entitled to.

Another issue that I have raised on a number of occasions, and highlight again today, is one that involves a minimal cost, namely, the introduction of a heel-prick test for spinal muscular atrophy, SMA. I have raised the issue on a number of occasions. The cost of adding it into the existing heel-prick test is roughly €300,000. Looking at the list of conditions covered by the test, at a European level we are one of the lowest in terms of identifying conditions that could be detrimental to a child in later life. We need to review the number of conditions that are tested for in the heel-prick test. For a very small amount of money, we could make a positive change for many families, who would not have to suffer in later life.

I, too, want to be associated with the words of thanks to all our staff throughout the Oireachtas and wish them a happy break, not just away from us. I hope they actually get a break and take a bit of time for themselves. I agree with Senator Kyne on the All Island Strategic Rail Review, and the importance of that report being published. I appreciate and understand totally the issue with the lack of institutions in the North, but I think there is a willingness and understanding, right across the board, of the importance of the review being put out into the public domain in order for it to be worked on. It is important that we restitch our once-fantastic rail network across the country, which has fallen badly into decline. We have a really fortuitous opportunity to restitch our country through the rail network, with all of the economic and societal prosperity that I feel will flow from that. Following the publication of the report, and I hope it happens sooner rather than later, I ask that we set aside time for its discussion and analysis with the relevant Minister.

I also want to reflect on the Bill that passed Second Stage last week, which was drafted by my colleague, Senator Boylan, the Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022. I know everyone says his or her own legislation is important, and are right, but the fact that corporations are dumping and incinerating millions of new, perfectly good unused or returned items, sending them to landfill or incineration, is grotesque. France has shown that EU member states can act on this issue and can ban such practices. We need to work collaboratively across the House on the issue. It so time sensitive and of such importance that we have to get the legislation through the House. I hope we can do that in the new term.