Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Suspension from the House needs a broader debate. If one receives a sentence of longer than six months for a criminal offence, one has to leave the House. That is utterly at the discretion of a judge and may or may not be appropriate. If everybody here was superhuman and had no failings at all, they would not be representative of the people. We should operate to the highest standards and ethics.

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