David Norris (Independent)

I recognise the presence of some distinguished visitors, including Bishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, Orissa in India, at the invitation of Senator Mullen. There is a country where one has a real problem, where one has both the guarantee of freedom of conscience and an anti-conversion law. That is where one has a problem with tolerance that gives rise to difficulty.

I wish to correct the historical record slightly. It was not in deference to the Roman Catholic Church that the prayer was introduced; it was the Protestant element in the first Seanad.