Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

We are honoured that Ms Banotti came to the Seanad today. It did not require a constitutional amendment; the members of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges came together and agreed to use the Standing Order under our able Cathaoirleach. Ms Banotti is open and honest, as she always has been. She is the first person to come here in this series of debates because she was the first to reply. Everyone else was tardy. It is a woman thing because she replied immediately.