Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

It is a great pleasure for me to be the first to congratulate you on your election as Leas-Cheann Comhairle, an office about which I know something, as I was honoured to hold it during the lifetime of the previous Dáil. I wish you well and I know you will be a great credit to the House in exercising the responsibilities and duties of the office.

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