Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group I compliment Senator Bacik, as I did on Second Stage, for initiating this important legislation. I also thank her for addressing, not just adequately but enthusiastically, a number of points made about inherent flaws in the Bill during the full and comprehensive debate that took place on Second Stage. I am sure the original objectives she set herself will now be achieved. We can all feel confident that when the Humanist Association of Ireland makes its application under the new amended legislation, it will be included on the list. I wish it well.

I thank the Senator for dealing with this legislation and also for her prescience in ensuring that those of us who were contributing to the debate were brought up to speed with documentation relating to it by e-mail in the last couple of days. I am grateful to her for that.