I join the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the Leader in welcoming the ambassador and the staff from the embassy. I wish them and all Slovenians everywhere a very happy Independence Day. The girls from Bray are very welcome too.

Yesterday the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use launched its final report. The report is a culmination of nine months of work, with 25 public meetings and many more private meetings, not all of them harmonious and many of them quite contentious. We had 150 witnesses and out of those expert witnesses and that lived experience we have brought forward 161 recommendations. I thank everybody who worked with us and everybody who worked on the committee. We worked very constructively. I believe that our report is a comprehensive report and gives strong recommendations that will help guide us to move even further towards a health-led response to drugs and addiction. There are 161 recommendations and unsurprisingly the one recommendation that has caught the headlines, of course, is the decriminalisation of drugs. There is a level of alarmist commentary on it. In a certain respect I really welcome that because it means our report is provoking discussion and it is provoking debate. The report needs to be read in the round. The report needs to be considered in the round. The report needs to be engaged with. I would appreciate if the Leader would arrange a debate in this House on that report so we can have a constructive debate on how we achieve a health-led approach.

I wish everyone a very happy Pride weekend. Pride is going to fill our city and country with colour this weekend. It is a moment for us to celebrate our LGBTQI community.

I recognise the incredible work done by representative organisations like Outhouse, Belong To and LGBT Ireland. I wish to take a moment for us to stop and think about all of those who struggle, have struggled and continue to struggle, and be mindful of that. More importantly, over the weekend, enjoy Pride safely and in an inclusive way. Here in Dublin, Dublin Pride is leading with the parade. It will take place on O'Connell Street from 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, and I encourage everybody to get out, enjoy it, and celebrate all it is to be in Ireland and of the LGBTQI community.