“Two charming young women approached me and lobbied me about this matter because they both have Down's syndrome children with a reasonably high IQ.”

— David Norris

29 May 2013 http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2013-05-29a.223&s=speaker%3A210#g233

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