Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

My successors will probably be much more error-prone than I am. There is no problem with the corrective mechanism. If the Minister of the day is convinced that he or she has got something wrong, he or she can reverse that decision and put it right. I respect and have no problem with the shooting, firearms and hunting lobby, which consists of people who engage in competitive shooting and people who engage in hunting. As long as they keep their guns safely, use their guns for the purposes for which we expect them to use them and are careful in the use of their guns, I encourage them to——

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