David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

As I was saying before I was so intemperately interrupted, I have been speaking and advocating for Seanad reform for 32 years in this House and ten years before that when I was a candidate for the Seanad.

Several phrases were used such as “elite”. Of course, the Seanad is an elite and it is a bloody good thing that it is. Why apologise for it? This anti-elitism stuff and political correctness is all tripe. One wants the best people in the Seanad, not nincompoops. Of course, we are an elite. We should be proud of it.