Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

I am not a bit afraid to say there are difficulties. We should be brave enough to deal with these issues in a cross-party way and get action on them. This is a very important debate. I listened to the earlier parts of the debate and I will continue to listen to the debate tomorrow, as I do every week. It is important that those of us who have the privilege of representing our communities in the Dáil help each other to deal with the various issues. There are many non-party issues to be dealt with.

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