is a place called home. we can poke each other in the eye and have a competition of my identity is better than yours , but it is only by respecting each other s identity that we will move forward. and the beauty of the union is that we can have all of our identities and live here side by side. she ended her statement with these words. let s be generous. our lord told us the parable of the good samaritan, and i m sure we ve all heard it. but remember, two people passed by. they closed their eyes to the injured jewish man. now, mr speaker, i haven t always made the right calls. none of us are perfect. but at the end of the parable, our lord asks, who is your neighbour? the one who stopped to offer help. remember, stopping meant the samaritan reaching out across the religious divide, and it also meant him reaching into his own pocket and paying a price to provide shelter for the injured man. our lord concludes the parable by saying, go and do likewise.
let us realise in every corner of this house that people live here who have an irish identity, a british identity. some have a british and irish identity, some are british and northern irish, and there are new emerging identities. but for all, this place is a place called home. we can poke each other in the eye and have a competition of my identity is better than yours , but it is only by respecting each other s identity that we will move forward. and the beauty of the union is that we can have all of our identities and live here side by side. she ended her statement with these words. let s be generous. our lord told us the parable of the good samaritan, and i m sure we ve all heard it. but remember, two people passed by. they closed their eyes to the injured jewish man. now, mr speaker, i haven t always made the right calls. none of us are perfect.
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here side by side. she ended her statement with these words. let s be generous. our lord told us the parable of the good samaritan, and i m sure we ve all heard it. but remember, two people passed by. they closed their eyes to the injured jewish man. now, mr speaker, i haven t always made the right calls. none of us are perfect. but at the end of the parable, our lord asks, who is your neighbour? the one who stopped to offer help. remember, stopping meant the samaritan reaching out across the religious divide, and it also meant him reaching into his own pocket and paying a price to provide shelter for the injured man. our lord concludes the parable by saying, go and do likewise. mr speaker, let us be good neighbours. thank you for allowing me to speak. over and out.