Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, on bringing this Bill forward. We spoke about it many times, but in fairness to him, he got it through the back corridors, through Committee Stage and so on, fairly quickly, and I compliment him on that. Deputy O'Callaghan, in fairness to him, is trained in looking at this type of legislation while many of us are not. Everybody puts down amendments in good faith because they may see a flaw, and they are fully entitled to do so. That is an important feature. We have to make sure legislation is right, but we also need to ensure that it moves on as quickly as possible for the people, providing that it is correct. If it saves even one family, then it has been a help.

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