Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)
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Ba mhaith liom mé féin a dhearbhú agus aitheantas a thabhairt gurb é seo an chéad aighneacht atáimid ag glacadh leis. Tá sé feiliúnach go dtabharfaimís aitheantas don fhoireann atá ag obair leis an gcoiste, a bhfuil go leor obair déanta acu chun an córas seo a chur le chéile le gur féidir linn teacht go dtí an pointe seo. Ins na haighneachtai atáimid ag feiceáil anseo tá ábhair an-spéisiúil go deo agus táim ag súil go leanfaidh sé sin.

I thank the staff of the committee secretariat. It is a historic day that we are getting to discuss these petitions. I thank them for all the work they put in. It will be a positive move for the future. The debate we have had to date on the petitions that have come in so far has been interesting.

Most of us would agree with the principle of this specific petition, namely, if the public purse is used to conduct research, such research should be made available to the general public. In the spirit of that principle, my party would be interested in moving that forward.