Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome this important Bill and we had a good debate on all Stages. I am disappointed that we went through serious issues on Committee Stage which were not dealt with by the Government in subsequent Stages. We hope it will return to these in the future, particularly the issue of assistance given to people who find themselves trafficked into this country who may need extra legal help and social supports.

We look forward to future legislation that will bring us closer to implementing the full EU directive, No. 36 of 2011, as we outlined on Committee Stage. While the Bill is to be welcomed, the Government could have taken on board more of the positive points we made on Committee Stage. It could have introduced its own amendments on Report Stage and made this an even better Bill than it is at present. Táimid ag tacú leis an mBille. Táimid sásta go bhfuil sé ag teacht tríd na Tithe.