Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the work that officials from the Minister of State's office have put into working with Sinn Féin. I also acknowledge the work done by Declan Farrell of my office in regard to preparing amendments. He should be celebrating the birth of his child a couple of weeks ago and is supposed to be on paternity leave, but he returned to assist in the passage of this legislation. I also acknowledge the role played by the Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, in terms of setting the ground for what is contained within this legislation, in particular through its report of several years ago. Credit is also due to the Financial Services Ombudsman for the work done in conjunction with my office in preparation for this legislation. I thank the Minister of State and Deputy Michael McGrath for their support for the legislation.

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