Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

What can one say about David as he marks 30 years and seven months? First, I say ad multos annos.

I am not sure that David and I are that much closer to a meeting of minds on many admittedly significant issues. He has certainly grown on me in the ten years that I have known him since being elected to the Seanad and I would like to think that I have grown on David as well. I have thought and have often said that he is a very fine example of the potential for the Seanad. I also think that there are many things on which we agree. I suspect that we both have an admiration for Pope John XXIII, for example.