Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Finally, this difficult issue was mentioned in a previous report. It is extraordinary that an English person will visit this country and in looking at a hotel or wherever, will not see his or her flag flying anywhere. They will see Sky and Premiership clubs being advertised on the footpath, they will see Japanese, Korean and United States flags, Cork flags, Confederate flags, county flags which make no sense to them, Munster rugby flags, every kind of an insignia and colour that goes up, bunting and Christmas lights, and they look for their own. There are 60 million people on our doorstep and it is a debate that has to be held.