David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am fully in favour of elitism because elite simply means the best. Why on earth should we not have the best? I want the best in the Judiciary and in government. We have the best in the Trinity constituency but I cannot speak for everybody else. I have nothing whatsoever against the elite. There is a popular, or populist, political correctness whereby somebody cannot say they are in favour of an elite. I have no problem with a dustman being Taoiseach if he shows the qualities for being Taoiseach, but if he does not, and he is just an ordinary gobdaw, why would I want him as Taoiseach of the country? Of course we should have elite and the best people in the top jobs. I am strongly in favour of the elite.