Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

That legislation conjures up the circus coming to a village. The purpose of the Act was to regulate the employment of children in places of public amusement. It outlawed "the use of children under 14 in public exhibitions or performances where the life or limb of such a child shall be endangered". The debate has been beneficial in outlining how far we have come. As Senator Quinn said, we can also imagine that in decades to come other politicians will look back on our legislative period.