Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputies for their contributions. This particular amendment is somewhat extraneous to the Bill, which is about the appointment of the Clerk and Secretary General of the House. I will make one general observation and comment on the amendment. It is not the first time I have listened to a speech like the one I have just heard, as if the Deputy had within his heart the full knowledge of right and anybody with a different view is automatically wrong. I respect everybody's view but I do not assume that somebody who disagrees with me by virtue of that disagreement is wrong. It is a very odd position. I want to explain how accommodation-----

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