Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----but we should do so in a respectful way. I ask the Leader to call the leaders of groups and the Whips together to discuss the issue of discipline and how we behave in the House. We are Members of the Upper House of the Oireachtas, Seanad Éireann. We are supposed to be grand old advisers to the young guns in the Lower House to calm their ire and slow them down a little, but last night we would have made a first year class of hooligans look respectable. We should all sit down and consider the way we do our business. I looked at the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the person who replaced him and felt sorry for them because it is extremely difficult to chair any meeting. Seeing a chairman struggling to get people to be quiet is simply not what the people expect of their parliamentarians. I ask that we all examine the way we do our business.