Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes, and he came back again. Is the suggestion that the Member should lose or gain depending on how long the censure is or whether somebody applies to come back, and so on?

My basic thesis is a simple one and it is the way this has been crafted from the beginning. There is a snapshot in time, and that is the general election. The people determine that and they own the vote and the resources that attach to it. That is the way it should be. I am not minded to accept the amendments. I respect the views expressed; I simply do not agree with them.

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