Brendan Ryan (Labour)

The Opposition must find a few questions to ask regarding Bills, and I tried to do so. I am glad that the Minister of State is present and that the Bill was introduced in this House. It is good that we have legislation here first, since there is a definite degree of freshness to the debate. As I said in my introductory remarks, the Minister of State was one of the first to accept amendments to legislation. That happened regarding a Bill that had been making its way through the Dáil for some years.