Rónán Mullen (Independent)

The principle of supporting the most vulnerable in the world should not have been attacked in the way it was yesterday.

I compliment Senator Norris on last week bringing up the issue of the "Bodies" exhibition. I will raise this as an Adjournment Matter. I wonder why no serious questions have been asked about the provenance of these bodies and why an exhibition essentially about entertainment seems not to have been required to pass the scrutiny of anybody in authority in this country. Was the Irish Museum Association informed? Has it any brief in this area? Is anybody in Government taking an interest in this matter? We cannot ignore these matters.

While complimenting Senator O'Toole on quoting William Butler Yeats I was reminded of another quote from Yeats:

The clever man who cries

The catch-cries of the clown

When I heard Senator O'Toole, whom I respect greatly, give evidence that he does not know very much——