Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Let us not just engage in outrage that there should be any change in the system. Let us look at a system that has clearly failed from any analysis that has been done to date. Let us look to Northern Ireland if Sinn Féin has some difficulties with the present system here. Why is Sinn Féin quite happy to see a further reduction in the age in Northern Ireland? We are talking about seven here, but it is five in Northern Ireland.

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