Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I concur with Senator Ó Murchú's contribution. When I called for a day long debate on 1916 yesterday, I was not as precise as I should have been in the language I used. I had in mind a debate on the Easter Rising and all aspects associated with it. Many Members have commended the content of the proclamation, which was an outstandingly far-sighted document for its time. We enjoy the opportunity to debate the social and economic challenges and policies that we would like to pursue on behalf of our nation in the Oireachtas and that is attributable to those men who paid the supreme sacrifice during the Easter Rising. It should be debated in an open and healthy way on its 90th anniversary, without confusing it with other events. We should not join the revisionist brigade by confusing issues.