Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I have a view on how we should conduct ourselves here. We had a very long day yesterday. We finished at matins and now we recommence at vespers, so to speak. It was George Bernard Shaw who wrote a long letter to a friend and apologised for not having the time to write a short one. There is a lot of wisdom in that because if a lot of thought is put into something it enables expression to be sharp and concise. People have thought long and hard about these issues. Many of the key issues from our point of view were dealt with yesterday. Other Deputies dealt with their issues in great detail and that is absolutely correct. However, for my part I intend to be very short and concise with regard to these and the remaining amendments in my name.

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