David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is what they are doing. I say to any Member who votes in favour of the Bill and for the abolition of the Seanad that I could accept if they thought the Seanad was rubbish and no use, regardless of whether they were parachuted in or they got in through the rotten boroughs of the councils or whatever other bloody way they got in, but if they vote for this Bill, they are not worthy to be in this House. They are not fit to be in this House-----