Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I too am glad the Deputy is in the Chair. I listened to the contributions of speakers to the debate from early this evening and in the last segment I was not sure whether I was watching "Love/Hate", "Will and Grace" or "Friends", given the contributions of some of speakers. I am not sure what world they are living in. Albert Camus, in his writings, speaks about being a stranger in the world, and certainly in my world I am a stranger to the philosophy and ideology of some of the speakers I heard. I do not want to name Members who are not in the House, but I listened to the contribution of Deputy Mattie McGrath from Tipperary earlier and I was concerned that I was wrong in my recollection of electoral politics. I pride myself on having a good memory about elections and politics. I checked the website and noted that the Deputy was elected as a Fianna Fáil councillor and elected as a Fianna Fáil TD, yet he is in this House most days parading himself as the Sultan of Brunei or the Duke of Clonmel.

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