Dan Boyle (Green Party)

As this is a Bill that deals with copyright and intellectual property, I am reminded of a famous story where President John F. Kennedy was addressing a dinner in the White House for Nobel Prize laureates and remarked that the gathering represented the biggest collection of intellect that the White House had ever seen, except for the time the third president, Mr. Thomas Jefferson, dined alone. It seems there are several candidates in this Chamber who would think themselves the Irish equivalent of Mr.Jefferson. I am sorry they are not here at present.