Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What is required is a serious attempt by the Government at meaningful reform of these Houses. Senator John Whelan’s motion, supported by Senator Denis Landy and the Labour Party and probably by the Government, is very important and valid, but it is a tiny rung on the ladder towards total political reform. We are not grasping the nettle. Unless we do so, whoever will be here will face the wrath of the people in the next general election or the following one.