Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is correct. I thank the Chairman for this opportunity. I was at another meeting, unfortunately. I look forward to listening to the contributions from the witnesses and it will certainly inform us. I will not comment on what has been said because I heard a small piece from Mr. Crowley and IBEC. The genesis of this was the fact that I and my party recognised, as many of us do, that there can be often discrimination based on a person's socioeconomic status. We want to put something in place that would alleviate this. Having a conversation about this is also extremely important. We have no doubt people who live in poverty and are from disadvantaged backgrounds possibly have limited access to justice and rights. We also acknowledge there is protection at European and international level, and the aim of the Bill is to try to bring us up to an international norm. I look forward to listening, later this evening or tomorrow, to the playback. I will then have an opportunity to comment further. I thank the Chairman for the welcome and the opportunity to say a few words.