John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We now know that it is best described as serial polygamy, which is exactly what was happening in the relationship between these groups.

There is no valid argument on its own merits for abolishing the Seanad. There is a valid argument for reforming it. The strongest argument is that if we reformed it along the lines of my Bill or my colleagues' Bill, there would be one House in the Oireachtas which was focused on national issues and was thoroughly democratic in its composition and which was not focused on parochialism. That is why I will be opposing this Bill in its Final Stage.