Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

On my own behalf and on behalf of my Sinn Féin colleagues in the Dáil Chamber, I join the other party leaders in extending a welcome to Dr. Paisley and his wife. In witnessing the somewhat boisterous exchanges here this morning, I have no doubt the thought, "why have I missed such craic down here in the past?" might have crossed Dr. Paisley's mind. I would have no objection if he went back and said, "the craic down there is mighty, we should look at it again".

To turn to the business in hand, on my own behalf and my colleague's behalf, we strongly object to the ordering of business not only in terms of the approach today but the ordering of business for next week. Make no mistake about it, it is a sham session that is being put together for next week. There is no other way to describe it.

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