Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and this legislation. His presence in the House during the passage of legislation is much appreciated. For someone who is occasionally accused of arrogance, he does a lot of listening here. In that respect, he resembles one of his predecessors as Minister for Justice, the late Charles J. Haughey, who also took a very personal interest in the passage of legislation through the House.