David Norris (Independent)

I am not shattered by surprise that Senator Cannon agrees with his former colleague, Senator O'Malley. They would not be ideologically poles apart.

With regard to the transport service, I am reading a very interesting history of north Dublin city and county, illustrated by antique photographs. One of the stories is about the collapse of certain sections of the private transport service in that area in the early and middle part of the 20th century; therefore, it does not always work. The people were left stranded.

I will make one delicate comment; I admire immensely my colleague, Senator Quinn, and like to believe we share a friendship but, of course, we do not agree on everything. He stated he had seen the buses at Dublin Airport and rather admired them. He did not state he had taken one. I rest my case.