Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is easy for people outside this House to take cheap shots at the body politic but it is a tough, hard and demanding job that requires full focus and attention. I was reminded by something I read last night and I want to say this and finish. It is a little quote from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, "Reflect upon your present blessings - of which every[one] ... has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all [of us] ... have some."