Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I join my colleagues in wishing everyone a happy Christmas but we should also thank the people who work behind the scenes in the Bills Office, making sure that the documentation we receive is in order. I thank them for all their work over the past 12 months.

I do not agree with Senator Coghlan about the public interest directors. I served on a State board for ten years as a nominee of Cork City Council but my duty while serving on that board was to the board not to Cork City Council.