The Dáil faces into its Easter recess today, and the House will not resume until after the May bank holiday weekend.
Breaks in the parliamentary and political schedule are appreciated even more in this era of perennial brinksmanship and political dispute, and Leinster House will rapidly clear out following the weekly voting hour at lunchtime today.
Yet, as is the nature of things, focus still turns to the next big political event. At last night's meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party, the issue of Enda Kenny's leadership was again raised - but in a much more matter-of-fact manner than previously.
Tom Curran, the general secretary of the party, told TDs and senators that outstanding reforms to Fine Gael, recommended in two internal reports carried out following its poor general election last year, will not be implemented until a new leader is in place.
As one deputy remarked afterward, it was, taken at face value, a statement of fact.
But the fact that Kenny was sitting only yards from Curran, Fine Gael’s most senior official, at the time made it remarkable.
It is being seen as a signal that Kenny’s tenure is certainly coming to an end soon. There is no way Curran would make such comments without either discussing it with Kenny in advance or being sure the Taoiseach would not take umbrage.
Curran’s deliberate statement will be seen in the organisation as the party getting ready to move on from Kenny, and the fears of those who believe the Taoiseach will desperately cling to power seem, as of now, misplaced.
Even those in Fine Gael who are very fond of Kenny say they will not believe he is actually gone until his car leaves Government Buildings, but all the indications from those around the Taoiseach - although many of those are not entirely sure - are that the end is nigh.
The April 29th summit of the European Council, which will set the European Union's Brexit negotiating stance, looks ever more like the last hurrah.
