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

I am glad the mood in the House is much quieter than it was this time yesterday, and I am sure the Ceann Comhairle is also pleased about this.

When I was elected to this House three and a half years ago, I took the view, and I ask Members not to hold this against me, that I would probably have a parochial enough view of politics and I would do little other than represent my constituency and its component parts.

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