Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Níor chuir mé isteach ar an Teachta. Ba cheart dó éisteacht liom le foighne agus dea-bhéasa.

This is an important debate and I welcome the constructive comments from all sides of the House. Every Deputy who wished to speak had an opportunity to do so. That is important to those of us who sit on this side of the House and speakers on all sides made excellent contributions.

I was incorrect in referring to Dubliners when Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett quoted James Joyce. I should have quoted Finnegan's Wake because the first and last sentences of that book are exactly the same. It is a cyclical novel, unlike Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett's speeches which are recyclable from start to finish. One hears the same content all day every day. I challenge him to propose constructive amendments on Committee Stage in order that we can deal with the issues arising in a practical way.

China is a country which, as the two previous speakers would acknowledge, is seen as having practised communism or socialism.

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