Before proceeding with our business I am sure Members would very much wish to join me in extending a most warm welcome to Mrs. Svetlana Goriacheva, Deputy Chairperson of the Duma, the Parliament of the Russian Federation, and the other Members of 1that Federation who are with us today.
We express the ardent hope that your visit to Dublin and Ireland will be happy and successful. On my own behalf and that of all Members of the House I extend to you the warmest of Irish greetings, céad míle fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes.