Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is important that is said. I understand the position in which Labour Party Senators found themselves, although some were flying kites and drew attention to it in another way. One Senator, for whom I have great respect, unfortunately decided to jump ship. There has been much comment in the media about Deputy Keaveney's use of Latin phraseology and verbiage, etc. In terms of what occurred here yesterday in relation the final vote and what will happen today, I would use the following Latin maxim, res ipsa loquitur, which means "the thing speaks for itself".