Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

There were occasions in the past during the Ceann Comhairle's tenure of ministerial office when his illustrious predecessors in the Chair drifted away, shall we say, during the course of the debate. A careful perusal of the 46 years experience of the last Ceann Comhairle shows that he took a more pragmatic approach to issues that affected Deputies.

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