Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not going to hold this up. There was a major debate.

It is worth noting the presence of the Irish sign language interpreter. What a wonderful day this is. That debate will happen later and we thank everybody for their presence.

On the Bill at hand, there was an extensive debate at Committee Stage, and I thank the Minister for acknowledging the role that everybody had in coming up with a formula of words. The Minister and officials came back to us, we engaged and the Bill was improved. I am grateful for that. We will be accepting the amendment as the Minister set out.

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