Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On each occasion I come to the Seanad I am obliged to thank everyone for the welcome afforded to me. I am always reluctant to speak when I am here because the contributions of Senators are so good. I do not say this in a patronising way, it is merely that the debate which takes place in this Chamber is much more free-flowing in nature and not like the set-piece debates which occur in the Dáil. I always learn something new in the Seanad.