Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I commend all those who stood for Parliament. What happens within the Labour Party and other parties in terms of changes in Ministries and elsewhere is not my call and I am not here to criticise. However, Ministers will in future have to take heed of what Senators are saying, particularly some of the Independent Senators who are fortunate enough not to be required to display abject loyalty, whether morally, intellectually, emotionally or politically, when it comes to decisions.