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‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Personal comment and equality
Summary
After an inappropriate personal reference prompted a Chair intervention, Senator Flynn challenged Members to consider equality and prejudice in emergencies. Senator Gavan supported her point.
First I want to say to Senator Keogan: a few weeks ago you had a health scare. It is public knowledge. When you went to the hospital-----
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I ask Senators to be curamach with the language in terms of personal issues and to comment through the Chair as well. Thank you.
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Okay. If any Member of this House was to have a stroke or heart attack or collapse right now and they had to go to the accident and emergency department, would they really give a damn about the colour of the person’s skin or what country they come from?
