An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2023-03-08
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Tom Clonan (IND), University of Dublin

I wish a happy International Women’s Day to everybody, and particularly to my female colleagues here in the Seanad and throughout the Oireachtas.
I was away at the Scottish Parliament last week at meetings and I did not get a chance to congratulate Deputy Holly Cairns on her appointment as leader of the Social Democrats. That is a great development. Equally, I am delighted to see Deputy Mary Lou McDonald as the leader of Sinn Féin, Deputy Ivana Bacik as leader of the Labour Party, and no pressure to Senator Lisa Chambers but I hope to see a female leader of Fianna Fáil soon-----

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