Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do. As Whip of the Fianna Fáil Party in the Seanad and a representative of that group, I was very disappointed by the very prejudicial article on the Seanad as a body which appeared in a national newspaper yesterday. It did not take account of the long-standing pairing arrangement in this House which facilitates colleagues in attending to parliamentary duties outside the Chamber.

Neither did it take into account abstentions and people being absent for personal reasons.