Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I commend Deputy Doherty on getting the Bill to this point and on encouraging the Government with its own Bill. Fianna Fáil also tabled a Private Members' Bill on this issue but took the view that, as there were three similar Bills in the system at that time and the Sinn Féin Bill was ahead, we would not pursue our own Bill in the interests of efficiency. I am glad that this Bill has now passed all Stages in Dáil Éireann. I wish it well in its journey through the Seanad and I encourage the Government to accelerate the progression of its own Bill which incorporates the issues in this Bill but also wider issues which are equally important for consumers.

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