Seanad debates
Thursday, 27 March 2003
Order of Business.
The Senator also raised the matter of the need for us to express our solidarity with Senator Higgins and of the need for a meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. We should have a Committee on Procedure and Privileges meeting in order to express our solidarity more strenuously. He also thought that Senator Higgins should read into the record what he told the then Minister for Justice. I think that would defeat the purpose of the point which is that Senator Higgins went about the matter the right way, as he thought, at the time and it turned out to be read wrongly. Senator Ryan supports the two Members – Senator Higgins and Deputy Howlin – involved. I agree with him in that regard. Any one of us could be in the same situation and we would be glad of solidarity. Senator Dardis affirmed what has been said about Senator Higgins and the need for a Committee on Procedure and Privileges meeting. The latter comes under the aegis of the Cathaoirleach. Senator Minihan agreed with the remarks about Senator Higgins.
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