I too would like to support the comments of my colleague, Senator Ní Chuilinn.

Many of us know about the SuperValu stores across the country that had their fridges and freezers hit by a suspected cyberattack yesterday. I was in SuperValu last night in Greystones. The chilled and frozen food was all taken off the shelves and put in the bin. I looked into it further. It did not just happen in Ireland. It happened in Belgium and in Coop and ICA stores in Sweden. At one Swedish supermarket, staff came in and found the freezers running at 50 degrees. Only three weeks ago, 700 supermarkets across France were hit in the same way. The food was destroyed and fires were started as well.

We have to ask ourselves what is going on here. Hackers used to steal credit card numbers and that was how they caused devastation but now they are getting into the machines that keep our food fresh and are switching them off. They want to cause devastation in our lives. This goes beyond supermarkets. Look at what the FBI said last week about links between North Korea and the $6 billion lost through Binance. Customers were covered because the company gave back the money but the criminals did not do so. Back in May 2021, the HSE was hacked. That crippled Ireland and cost over €100 million to fix. I know that something big will happen again in Ireland, whether involving banks, hospitals, the HSE or Departments. The question we must face is not if it will happen, but when.

What do we do? The EU set a deadline for the transposition of the NIS2 cybersecurity directive and Ireland missed it. In July, the European Commission referred Ireland to the European Court of Justice but the Bill has still not been published. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for justice to the House for a debate on cybersecurity and to give us a firm date for the Bill before Christmas. I also ask that the National Cyber Security Centre contact every business that has internet-based equipment, including SMEs, to make sure that we have some cover. Food in a fridge can be replaced but, as we found with the HSE, patient records, savings and public trust cannot. We need to be on top of our game. We can see very clearly that the hackers have an agenda, which is to cause devastation in Europe, and it is working. This morning, there were bomb threats affecting certain flights in Europe and Ryanair has been affected. We need to be prepared.

I concur with the remarks made by other Seanadóirí on Ciara Mageean. Her death is awful, tragic news. I come from the same part of the world as her and she articulated her pride in wearing the Irish jersey and hearing Amhrán na bhFiann sang to reflect her win for Ireland. People in the Six Counties may not get to experience this acute sense of pride or to be part of the Irish nation, which is so often a challenge for people, and this really resonated. She was such a wonderful person and a great example, not only to young women in sport, but to everybody in life. No doubt a light has gone out in Portaferry and the Ards Peninsula but also across Ireland, and not only in the sense of sport. The people of Ireland recognise a genuine and wonderful person.

I welcome the Government's initiative announced by the Taoiseach about the body he intends to set up to scope out potential constitutional futures. This is the first time a Government has undertaken such an exercise and, therefore, it has significance. Coming on the back of the proposed blueprint by Fine Gael, the other Government partner, which I understand will be released this weekend, there is a sense that things in this institution are beginning to gather momentum and move. That is very welcome. The announcement referred to scoping out various options but I remind the Government that it is not neutral on the idea of Irish reunification. Bunreacht na hÉireann commits the Government to being active in terms of the Irish people pursuing the unity of Ireland. We have argued for this development for some time and for work to begin on the necessary preparation for constitutional change and to fulfil the promise of the Good Friday Agreement regarding referendums on Irish unity.

I have been privileged, as I am sure have many Senators, to be part of the conversation and to have witnessed and participated in conversations with people from all parties and all national and international communities. I have not witnessed any of these conversations being partisan or involving back slapping. They have involved people who understand and are fully aware of the challenges that lie ahead in relation to constitutional change but who are fully committed to seeing there is inclusive engagement with people from all communities, respecting everybody's identities, rights and concerns about what constitutional change may bring. There is also recognition of the opportunities it can bring for our entire island.

There is an opportunity to reset not just the Six Counties but also the Twenty-six Counties - the entire island - and to build something better for the future. A growing number of people are interested and encouraged by this endeavour. They are delighted to see the Government finally taking the initiative in this regard. I very much welcome that initiative. I look forward to seeing the scope of the initiative in question and to the opportunity for all Members who have an interest in this area to engage with it.