No, I was not worked up at all. I just think it is shocking how you guys operate, how the Deputies operate, first, in terms of their intolerance of a wide variety of views and debate. I instinctively felt this was how they were going to approach this. This is a genuine debate. There is a wide range of speakers with different perspectives, including people working in Irish universities and at different forums. The first thing the Deputies tried to do was to attack the chairperson some weeks ago. There was a personal…

-----get the person. Let us undermine the integrity and international reputation of the person, and all for the sake of the Deputies' political agenda.

It is a sickening form of politics you engage in, Deputy Murphy. I find it abhorrent. A more sinister element behind it is to snuff out debate. You talk about freedom of speech and so on in Tunisia. You are nowhere near that - I am not suggesting that - but what you are trying to suggest is certain people cannot speak-----

-----because they have a view. That is what you are saying. They should not be allowed speak.

If there are up to 50 or 60 speakers and if one or two have views that are contrary-----

-----to the views of Deputies Murphy or Boyd Barrett, then they should not speak. That is intolerance. You guys are no great advocates of freedom of speech at all, and I shudder to think of the day when you would ever be in authority, because, by God, would you put the jackboot on people who might have views different from yours. That is where you guys are coming from.

It is not. It is where I stand.

I will not withdraw anything. It is a democracy.

Sorry-----

Okay.

I am not withdrawing it. We are in a parliament. I believe fundamentally in the right of freedom of expression in this Parliament.

I have witnessed the Deputies opposite make all sorts of comments about people.

I am not going to. It is a bit rich for Deputy Murphy to be looking for-----

He is getting somewhat squeamish now.

Through the Chair, yes.

I am entitled to an opinion.

Sorry, through the Chair, you have just-----

You have just-----

You have just made an assertion-----

You have just made an assertion that certain people should not be on a platform.