Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If I may make a brief comment, with all respect to Senator Crown, what he demonstrates is a total refusal to accept the very considered remarks of members here, who are no less enthusiastic than he is to reach a certain position. We have made that abundantly clear. How we go about our task is the only difference. Senator Crown wants to force some of us to take up positions on his wording. The potential of that is to misrepresent our views if we do not support his formula of words. I do not agree with his formula of words, nor do I agree with his methodology. I would wish to be able to convince through engagement with staff and Members to reach a shared desired result. The sad part of it is that the approach he is adopting will mislabel members of this committee, something I have known about only in the recent past.