Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Farrell, you were appointed to the Seanad for the sum total of one sitting day by the previous Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, which happened between the general election and the Seanad election. Being a former Senator for that one sitting day gives you privileges in terms of access to the Houses of the Oireachtas. How important or not was that access, that unfettered access to the Houses of the Oireachtas as a former Senator in your role as a ... in the IBF?