Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I listened to my colleague, Deputy Shane Ross, articulate a view on the ineffectiveness of the Chamber in recent times. He also outlined an approach which he and Deputies Finian McGrath, Stephen S. Donnelly and John Halligan proposed to take. I am inclined to disagree with him. Trying to move the flower power of the 1960s into the Dáil Chamber might not necessarily be the most successful formula. However, he should give it a try.

He has to be upfront with the public. Let him come out and articulate definitively that none of them is interested in participating in government or holding a Cabinet position.

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