I also welcome the Slovenian ambassador and his delegation. I know they have left now, but we had a fruitful engagement led by the Leas-Chathaoirleach. There is certainly huge scope for developing tourism and business links with Slovenia, and I wish them all the very best on their national day.

I call for a debate on the emergency services, particularly the Coast Guard, because it is largely a volunteer-led organisation in this country and the remuneration its members get is very little. There has been a long-term campaign for them to be brought up to the level of retained firefighters and given the same remuneration. That is reasonable because throughout this country there are Coast Guard volunteers on call on a regular basis, particularly during this type of weather because people are swimming, using boats and so on. The Coast Guard is always alert and available to do its duty at a moment's notice. We need to examine the volunteerism element of this, and we need to look at upgrading at least some of our busy Coast Guard units to the same remuneration as retained firefighters.

While I am speaking and given the weather we have, I encourage people to heed the advice of the lifeguards who are doing fantastic work on our beaches the length and breadth of the country. People should listen to them because they have everyone's best interests at heart and they will keep them safe.

Finally, I also encourage people to be careful around forests and gorse at the moment because it is very dangerous. Using barbecues and that type of thing near trees can have catastrophic consequences. I call on people to be careful and most importantly they should enjoy this spell of fine weather and be safe.