Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We all know about those incredibly difficult decisions. Anyone here who has been a councillor knows it is one of the hardest places to be because sometimes you have to take a hard vote. The public gallery is behind you and you have to raise your hand for something that you believe is right but is not what everyone wants to see. Our constitutional imperative should be focusing on those local and European elections now.

It will be strange. Out of respect to our Constitution, I would refer to the Taoiseach and Tánaiste by those titles. I will have to turn to Leo and the Taoiseach now, Simon, beside - where is Simon gone?

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