Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not use the eight minutes but there are some issues I would like to place on the record. As the first Senator in the country to be elected in a by-election as an Independent and given that the Seanad has been established for so long, it is a scandal that it took until 2014 for that to happen. I am very grateful to the Fine Gael Party for that seat.