Gallery welcome and father of the House
The Chair welcomed students and teachers from Swords to Leinster House and noted again that Senator Paddy Burke was now father of the House. An interjection on his age was followed by the Chair’s agreement.
Cuirim fíor fáilte roimh na daltaí agus na muinteoirí as Scoil an Duinnínigh from Swords in County Dublin. They are very welcome to Leinster House. I hope they have a very good visit. Their teachers might let them off homework as a celebration of their visit to the national Parliament. For their information, we just had the Order of Business. They are here on a very special day because today we have a new father of the House, the oldest sitting Member, Senator Paddy Burke. The Senator has been 31 years in the House, since long before they were born.
