Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his work in this area since he took over his current portfolio. It has been a pleasure to work with him as he is always open and willing to listen and has agreed with many of the points I have made. We will need more time to take on board some of the recommendations that will hopefully come from the Green Paper. Beidh lá eile, as they say.

I also wish to thank the officials. Any criticisms I may have made of the Department are in no way criticisms of any individuals. Everybody has a job to do and it is not always easy. I wish to thank the Minister and his officials for their work on this and other Bills from that Department. I hope we will all be back here again to continue our work.