Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

Similar language was also used in another private conversation that took place in Dáil Éireann with the former president of the Labour Party. The system that existed at that time still exists. It is in this House also. Even if Senators' microphones are not switched on, that does not mean their conversations are not being heard. At the time, the Ceann Comhairle did not hear the utterances of the former president, Proinsias De Rossa, whose microphone was not turned on. However, his words were recorded.