Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the Christmas card he sent me which bears an image of the bell on his desk. My wife, greatly respecting the Ceann Comhairle's office, insists on putting the card in the centre of the mantelpiece. I must look at the bell for the whole yuletide fireside season.

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