Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I was saying, this is a typical example of the way we do our business. I believe we have to follow certain procedures, decorum and protocols. If we depart from that, we diminish the strength of our case and our cause. When we are working within the committee, within the Houses of the Oireachtas or in our discussions with other entities such as embassies or ambassadors, we should make our submissions in line with the normal procedures that apply in such cases. To do otherwise is to reduce the debate to a level that I will not offend anybody by describing.