Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to pay tribute to Paddy Harte, with whom I had the pleasure of serving here. The main purpose of my few words, however, is to speak about my ex-colleague from Dún Laoghaire, Monica Barnes. Monica was just unique in that there was no tradition in how she went about doing things. We stood together in 1981 and twice in 1982 - three elections in 18 months. She was eventually elected in November 1982 and served here for that term, until 1987, and served another term up to 1992. Then she retired. However, an election came along in 1997 and I decided I would call over to her. We each had the unique pleasure of living side by side in Arnold Park in a five-seat constituency. Arnold Park consists of approximately 80 or 90 houses and the residents had two sitting Deputies.

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