Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Sexism is alive and well in the Dáil, as was demonstrated clearly during Deputy Mary Lou McDonald's response to the Minister for Public Enterprise and Reforem, Deputy Brendan Howlin, on Monday. She was interrupted 65 times during her 30 minute speech. One Fine Gael misogynist interrupted 27 times. These are not my figures; they were given to me by a Government Deputy with whom I spoke about this issue quietly. He had checked the figures.

Let me give the Government benches notice. Section 31, internment without trial, special courts, death squads - many members of my party have been killed in the North and County Donegal - heavy gangs, decades of vile propaganda, demonisation and revisionism did not silence Sinn Féin.

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