I will pause the clock to welcome the guests of Deputy MacSharry, our friend and colleague and a former Senator.

I am glad the clock was stopped. I second Senator Martin's very worthy Bill and move my motion for a by-election to the Seanad.

Is the Senator moving an amendment to the Order of Business as well?

Do I need to move an amendment to the Order of Business?

The Senator must move an amendment first.

I move that No. 160(3) be taken before No. 1. Why am I doing so? As the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have said, there will be no election in the near future. This House cannot be allowed to operate without its full complement of Senators, so I am moving this amendment. I hope the Leader will accept it.

The attack on Israel by Iran is bringing us one step closer to a repeat of 1914. All we need now is some idiot to make a mistake and we will find ourselves in war. We have war all over the Middle East but when I say "in war", I mean a world war. The Americans openly declared today that they helped Israel protect itself last night. That was commendable, but if Israel decides to strike Iran, who will protect the latter? We have a couple of warmongering butchers - and this includes Netanyahu - who want nothing more than war at this stage to protect themselves and their reputations. We have to call this out for what it is. It is outrageous. I again state that we need to progress Senator Black's Bill on the occupied territories.

Another issue I wish to raise concerns post office workers who paid class D PRSI and who continued to do so when the company was privatised. That had a certain guarantee built into it that someone's pension would remain with his or her peers. That has slipped and these workers are falling into poverty. I will have more to say on that in the coming days.

I also welcome Deputy MacSharry and his guests to the Visitors Gallery. Today in Dublin, the members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly are gathering for the latter's autumn meeting. Several hundred parliamentarians from across Europe will meet in the convention centre to discuss a range of issues over the next two days. The Leader is a former member of the assembly, as are the Cathaoirleach and Senators Boyhan and Dooley. Our team will be led by Deputy Creed and me, along with Senators Pauline O'Reilly, Clonan and Ruane. This afternoon's session will focus on conflict dialogue facilitation. It is apt that the main speaker this afternoon is none other than Bertie Ahern. Given the man's instrumental role in bringing peace to this island, his insights at a time when so many Members of this House are speaking about conflict this afternoon will be very apt.

At a special meeting of European parliamentarians on the issue of conflict I attended over the weekend in Zagreb, one aspect we touched on was the ethics of political commemoration. The expert who was there touched on the very sensitive issues surrounding political commemoration in Germany, in Slovenia - with Tito - and in Cyprus and held up the example of Ireland because he had examined what happened with the decade of centenaries commemoration here over the past ten years. He stated that it is something which could have reinvigorated hate and resurrected conflict but, instead, Ireland took the opportunity to bring people closer together by handling it in a dignified way that respected all traditions. We are honoured to host the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. It gives us as parliamentarians the chance to speak about our experiences and share them at a time of extreme discord across the Continent.

I wish Senator Cassells and all of the Oireachtas parliamentary team every success at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. I thank the interparliamentary team for its tremendous organisation of this event. It is a very important parliamentary event. I wish all participants every success at the convention centre. I look forward to joining them tomorrow evening at the closing ceremony.