Fiona O'Malley (Progressive Democrats)

I thank all the Senators who contributed to this debate. As I pointed out, the purpose of our motion was to begin the debate. We had a high level of debate until it got rather partisan just towards the end. I am somewhat disappointed by the contributions of members of Fine Gael in particular. I was also disappointed by the contribution of the member of Sinn Féin. His contribution indicated that he did not listen to the other contributions or he had made up his mind about the motion because it was put forward by the Progressive Democrats and therefore he had decided he would not like it. Had he listened——-