Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of my party and personally, I welcome Deputy Helen McEntee to the House. I again congratulate her on her success in the by-election. She is following a great tradition in the work laid down by her father before her. Deputy McEntee has proven herself and when she has asserted herself she will be a capable legislator in this House. I look forward to engaging with her, as do party members, on a mutually consensual basis on a range of legislative initiatives that she will no doubt take on board. I learned a lot about Meath East for well over six to eight weeks. I can assure Deputy Helen McEntee that she will hear a lot about the experience I had in Meath East in the weeks and months ahead.

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