Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In this House, there are different perspectives on all sorts of issues. It seems as if the Deputy is saying that if someone holds a particular position, he or she should not even be in the House. Deputy Berry might have a particular view on a range of issues which differs from that of Deputy Barry, but Deputy Barry seems to have an approach of complete intolerance when it comes to that Deputy Berry's right to speak. I am sorry for dragging Deputy Berry into it, but that is my point. Deputy Barry did not mention Roger Cole or others with perhaps different perspectives who will also be speaking at this forum, nor did he refer to people who might have different perspectives generally.

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