Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I married my husband in 1969. All the people I meet in Leitrim remember everything about me if I meet them six months or two years later. They are charming and courteous all of the time. I plead here today that Leitrim should be one administrative county to give it self-confidence so that the people can fight for their rights as a county, rather than be split with Sligo and Roscommon. As Senator Mooney stated, it is divided by Lough Allen into Sligo-Leitrim and Leitrim-Roscommon. We need to give the people in Leitrim self-confidence. During the last recession, the population in my husband's village of 150 people built 300 new houses because the population was growing but the demise of the Celtic tiger set poor ol' County Leitrim back again.

Senator Mooney who would be pleased to be the TD for Leitrim.