Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2024-07-17
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Mark Daly (CC), Administrative Panel

I interrupt the Senator for a second as we have a distinguished visitor in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery, the lieutenant governor of the state of Washington, Mr. Denny Heck. He is most welcome. As he served a number of terms as a member of Congress in Washington DC, I am sure he knows Congressman McDermott who served there for many years and is here with our consul general, Micheál Smith. They are most welcome here to see democracy in action. Having served in both Washington and Washington DC, if they have any tips for us on how to do our business we are always open to new ideas.

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Sitting date: 2024-07-17