Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. I commend my colleague, Senator MacSharry, on bringing to the floor of the Seanad this important legislation. This is the third legislative item Senator MacSharry has presented to the House. He has presented the Family Home Bill 2011, the Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012 and now this Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013. Unfortunately, I regret this Bill appears to be destined for the same fate as the other two Bills on which Senator MacSharry worked, as the Government is intent on voting it down. This is a pity and as Senator Walsh has noted, it would be preferable were this Bill accepted by the Government and left on the Order Paper. If the Government has better legislation to put before Members, I encourage it to so do with haste.