Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I wish to congratulate Deputy Kirk on his election to a very important office. I also wish to empathise with his family because everybody in this House knows the lifestyle of parliamentarians causes huge disruption and sometimes hardship on those family members so I wish them well. I am a little envious that he is leaving it to Deputy Dermot Ahern, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd and myself to sweat it out at the next election while he can cosy through but that is part of the office. I wish to assure him that I will look after his constituents as best I can

I hope Deputy Kirk does not, as Ceann Comhairle, repeat the experience of his predecessors who sought to expel me from this Chamber on at least two occasions. I will try to avoid that if I can. I accept that maintaining order is an important part of the Ceann Comhairle's function. I sincerely wish Deputy Kirk the best of luck in the office and I look forward to working with him. Go raibh maith agat.

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