Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I pay tribute to the Minister but I also claim joint credit on behalf of my party because we put the Bill through the Dáil. Unfortunately the election occurred subsequently. We have waited patiently for this Government to bring it forward almost one and a half years after it entered office. We support the Bill and the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman has received many tributes from the House in the course of the debate and they are justified and deserved. I have written two complaints to her this week and I assume they will be dealt with expeditiously.