Well said.

In my capacity as Government Whip, I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach, Cathaoirleach, Leader and Deputy Leader for their courtesy throughout the year. I thank Martin Groves, Bridget Doody and Orla Murray sincerely for their assistance throughout the year. I thank all Members for their assistance and co-operation in trying to get business done throughout the year. I wish them a happy and relaxing summer as far as possible.

On a more serious note, I ask the Deputy Leader to invite the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to come to the House, perhaps in early September, to discuss what can only be described as a go-slow approach in relation to roads funding throughout the country. There is a section of road along the M2, between Castleblayney, County Monaghan, and Ardee, County Louth, that is one of the most dangerous pieces of roadway in the country. In the past ten years, 17 people have lost their lives on that road and 23 people have lost their lives there since 2007. They are statistics but behind the statistics there are broken families. Monaghan County Council has applied for an upgrade of the road. To date, it has received €600,000 for design. Since last February, it has been looking for approximately €1.2 million to complete that design project and to date, that funding has not been forthcoming. I will reserve my comments today, but clearly, it is not good enough. I ask the Deputy Leader to arrange an urgent debate on the issue when we come back in September.

We are talking about life and death. If a Department cannot see its way to releasing €1.2 million funding to save people's lives, the person or people responsible for decisions like that need to answer for them.

I identify with the remarks of Senator Gallagher about the Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cathaoirleach, Clerk and Clerk Assistant, and all members of staff. I wish them a happy holiday and thank them for all the work they have done.

In the autumn, we fully expect to see the Taoiseach here to deal with the question of Seanad reform. I note the Supreme Court has yet to adjudicate on the application made by the Attorney General for four years to implement even the reform of the university seats, which was a somewhat relaxed timetable. There was no mention of doing anything else of what the Taoiseach, when he was Taoiseach previously, promised us here. That was to bring forward proposals for the reform of this House. It had not been done, which is astonishing, but that is the way things are. It will eventually catch up on them.

One thing local authority members can still do is decide whether, in their functional area, people can run amusement arcades with slot machines and the like. It is a power they have under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. Dublin City Council revoked any such permission 30-something years ago, yet in the city centre there is a vast amount of these places operating illegally and nobody is doing anything about it. I know there is a promised reform of gambling law but these places are effectively manipulating and exploiting the poorest people in our society. Something should be done about it. I ask that the Minister for Justice come the House in the autumn and say what the Government proposes to do on illegal use of gaming arcades in the city centre.