Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As this will be my last contribution to the Order of Business before the summer, I will begin by expressing my gratitude to all of the staff, to the Leas-Chathaoirleach, to the Leader for her courtesy and to the Deputy Leader. I wish everyone a very good summer after what has been a fairly energetic and, at times, combative session. I have to say that I believe politics is in a good place right now. Regardless of whatever else we can say, we can say that, after the last general election, we finally have a left-right divide in politics. That can only be a good thing. The years when we had the names Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael alternating while the policies did not change are over. Whatever is to come in the future will be along the left-right divide-----