Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Like Senator Bacik, I also support the Y factor, an initiative of the National Women's Council. We are all familiar with the X factor but I did not know of the Y factor until this week. It aims to support young women and advance women in employment, politics and every aspect of public life, which is something we have all been speaking about for some time.

Senator Marie Louise O'Donnell spoke very passionately about the Seanad in a way in which all Senators should speak. She spoke about the way the Seanad had been before it was abolished. Unfortunately the way we are set up now is not the way Senator O'Donnell envisaged. It was the way the Seanad was envisaged when it was previously set up.