Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I was going to open my contribution with the former Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny's remarks to the House in 2013: "I come in peace, not war.", but after hearing the clarion, rabble-rousing rendition of the candidate in Dublin Bay South by Senator McDowell I fear that the platform for the next general election has just begun. I know his former constituency had the highest vote to retain the Seanad in the referendum. Therein lies the nub of the question Senator McDowell has posed. He failed in his 12-minute contribution to mention the report-----