Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

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Before we begin the official proceedings I welcome to the Gallery, Brendan Teahan, Lynda and all the family, including the in-laws. Brendan had to suffer through my first campaign in 2007, which involved us driving 26,000 miles. The Minister of State will have to close his ears for this.

To give the scale of that it is equivalent to driving around the world once and another 2,000 miles with it. Not only did he have to do all of that but he also had to listen to me for the entire campaign, which was a tough thing to do. We were on the road for 56 days without coming back to Kerry, which of itself was a political safari.

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CC Mark Daly

I welcome the Minister of State. Before we begin the official proceedings I welcome to the Gallery, Brendan Teahan, Lynda and all the family, including the in-laws. They are most welcome. Brendan had to suffer through my first campaign in 2007, which involved us driving 26,000 miles. The Minister of State will have to close his ears for this. To give the scale of that it is equivalent to driving around the world once and another 2,000 miles with it. Not only did he have to do all of that but he also had to listen to me for the entire campaign, which was a tough thing to do. We were on the road for 56 days without coming back to Kerry, which of itself was a political safari. I thank Brendan for doing that. He promised never to do it again and he was dead right. That is why he will remain married. One should not go on political campaigns like that.