Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

She was not the only one, because people rang from all over the country. All of us, collectively, serve constituents who are all the people of the State and we owe it to them to provide a good service. My belief is the ordinary plain people of Ireland want us resourced to do the job.

I suggest those of us who engage in committees and put much time and effort into them in these Houses should be given more support staff. It is time-consuming work. I know in saying that I will be criticised by people who do not wish to understand the workload, not only on us but on our staff. Collectively and without any petty politics, we should make a stand for democracy in this House. We should do it fearlessly.

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