Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

In the circumstances there would have to be a great deal of forbearance for anyone who wants to contribute on this particular matter. As Chairman of the Business Committee, the call for further debate on this matter is absolutely warranted and the call for regular debate, if that is what is required, to see this matter brought to a conclusion, is something that we would also need to pursue.

I do not think that I have ever heard contributions similar to the ones that I have heard today. Certainly the contributions from Deputies McGuinness, Ó Cathasaigh and others would have left anyone with a heart deeply moved. The challenge is now for us, as Members of the Thirty-third Dáil, to do what the people elected us to do and to make sure that the vulnerable are protected and that this Chamber will collectively act to try to ensure that. I know there is nobody more likely to support that than the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, whose personal courage in these matters is above reproach. I ask that the Minister of State might try to address the matters raised.

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