Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

My final commentary is this. One cannot achieve the Herculean task we have to do, which is nothing less than to regain economic sovereignty for the State, and we cannot be beholden to the kindness of strangers for €18 billion this year to pay for teachers, doctors, etc., unless we get our own house in order. This Department is determined to play its full role in achieving that. The enactment of this legislation is an important milestone in that regard. I thank the Senators for their support.