Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I welcome the amendment and will be supporting it. I welcome its passage through the Seanad this morning and acknowledge the Minister's response to the positions articulated by our respective spokespersons during the course of last evening's debate. I want to record my appreciation of my party colleague, Deputy Arthur Morgan, who was our lead participant in this debate over the past several days. I thank him and his support staff for their attention to detail.

The presentation by the Minister of the draft of the proposed scheme that will be laid before the House is eagerly awaited. That said, the engagement that has taken place over the past couple of days must be seen as not only an important but also a difficult debate, particularly for Members on the left. The crisis we have all faced over recent weeks was a direct result of the reckless behaviour——

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