Fiona O'Malley (Independent)

I concur with Senator Norris's point on levels of courtesy. It has come to a sorry pass that people are treated so discourteously. I read in one of the newspapers that a person intended to throw everyone from the door when the election was called. This is terrible. If people stand for office, they deserve a level of respect. What is the difference between a person who stood and was elected and one who is choosing to stand for the first time? We need to help bring a level of courtesy. People need to think about what they are doing when they damn all politicians in the same way. On that subject, I am not one bit surprised that Deputy McDaid is retiring. In this game, you are damned if you do, and damned if you do not.

I was very interested in what Senator O'Toole had to say about the Croke Park agreement.