John Kelly (Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is unforgivable that people can be allowed to lie to the people about €20 million in savings when the figure is actually €4.8 million. The price that one lobby group has put on democracy is one litre of milk per person per year. This is outrageous. Most of the people who are being rolled out to campaign for the abolition of the Seanad are former Senators. Why did they not shout stop while they were in the Seanad? Why did they not view their value as nil? Not one of them spoke about the issue at the time. When we save the Seanad, will they give a commitment that they will never seek seats in this House again when they lose their Dáil seats?