Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I hope members are aware that Senator Crown is considering the health and safety of the Members and the staff. He is a very experienced person but this is a black or white issue. If Senator Crown had not come in here and tabled this motion from his experience as a professor he would not be doing his job. Members might be of the view that he is too strong on the issue but, in fairness, there is only one way of doing it, and that is the way the Senator has done it all his life. He shoots from the hip. There is no point dancing around with an amendment. It is important that people say either " Yes" or "No" to the motion and perhaps put a timescale on this proposal. I am fully supportive of Senator Crown's motion and fair play to him for bringing it forward.