Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I thank Senator Ross and the Independent Members of this House for doing me the honour of resubmitting a Bill I brought before the Dáil when I was a Member of that House. I have to start by saying I agree with everything that is in the Bill. It is what I aspire to see in the area of public appointments. I hope the Bill can be accepted in one form or other by this and the other House. I submitted it in the full knowledge that it would eventually fail. I did not for a second think it would be resubmitted in this form or in these circumstances.