Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fail)

If I were Senator Jerry Buttimer I would be cheering Alan Dukes and the legacy he left.

Senator Joe O'Toole was 100% right that, as legislators, we should act as such because neither compassion nor recrimination will give any solace whatever to someone who loses his or her job or if a small business closes. Now is the time to unite because that is what is expected of us as legislators. I genuinely hope that tone will prevail when the debate takes place because that would be the patriotic approach to take to the challenges we face.