Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is a highly flawed Bill which requires amendment. It is yet another example of the contempt of the Executive for both Houses of Parliament.

I note the intervention in a domestic debate about the future of this House by Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook. I do not know if he is sparking on all cylinders, but he says today that the Seanad is like the House of Lords, as no-one pays a blind bit of notice to it.