Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in. What is good about this committee is it is lastchance.com for some people. It gives everybody a voice. I have pets. When Ms O'Connor gave her statement, I thought to myself anybody who breaks into my house would have some job with the two lads I have inside in the house. They are two boxers. I know what it is like. You get attached to your pets regardless of what they are. In the closing part of her statement where Ms O'Connor spoke about reforming the law for stiffer sentences, I was not aware that is already done in the UK and in the Six Counties.