Rónán Mullen (Independent)

I also welcome Senator Harris's general point about the rather negative and carping attitude that exists towards politicians. It even infects those of great goodwill. When I announced to my mother that I was running for the Seanad, she said, "I thought I told you to wait until I was dead before you got involved in politics", which would have meant I would be a very old man because there is quite a degree of longevity on her side of the family. One would nearly have to shoot some of them in the end.