Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this particularly important debate. Like THE Cheann Comhairle and a number of others I was here when the original debate on this topic took place. I recall with great clarity the strongly held views on both sides of the argument and how they created more division in society than any debate I have known before or since.

I do not know if it is a good thing that I survived the intervening period or not.

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