Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This has been a very long process, as the passing of the Finance Bill should be. I thank all of the officials who have been involved in supporting me getting to this point. I also acknowledge Deputies Michael McGrath, Pearse Doherty, Michael Fitzmaurice, Joan Burton and Mattie McGrath because an enormous amount of work has gone into scrutinising this Bill. I acknowledge this and acknowledge that on Committee Stage, this process went on across three days and then on Report Stage. I acknowledge the way in which colleagues have approached this. Even if we have disagreed, as we have on many occasions, I acknowledge the effort that went into dealing with this legislation.

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