David Norris (Independent)

It is a reasonable human need but if this is an emergency the watchdog of Ireland cannot sleep. If there is a real reason perhaps the Leader could share it with us, or has she just been told it must be passed by midnight? If that is all she has been told, that is showing considerable disrespect to Seanad Éireann and to those of us who stayed on late in order to take part in the debate.