Dan Boyle (Green Party)

We live in interesting times in the Chinese sense of the word. We have made a very emphatic decision here, one in which we can take some pride that we have carried out our role effectively as legislators. I thank all those who have assisted us in doing that, the staff of the House, the Cathaoirleach for his patience and forbearance, the Minister for spending all his time in this all-night session after steering the same legislation through the other House. We will wait to see the effect of it. We can have satisfaction in doing what we are meant to do in this House and hopefully in reflecting the importance of this House to the wider public. We can take satisfaction that this is why we are here and that legislation such as this is why the people have us here.