Two charming young women approached me and lobbied me about this matter because they both have Down's syndrome children with a reasonably high IQ. - David Norris

I believe that at some stage some citizen across Europe will drop a match on the floor and the whole bloody thing will go up, and it cannot come soon enough as far as I am concerned.

If I were a woman I would not be reassured by being told the legislators are apparently not concerned with the health of a woman. They should be.

The reason for the lack of business in this House is perfectly clear and it is not the responsibility of this House to deal with the matter. The Taoiseach and the cabal that runs Fine Gael have decided that they will take over the role previously held by Fianna Fáil as the slightly constitutional party. They have decided to destroy the Seanad by refusing to refer legislation to it.