Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will be very brief. I could not let the day go without congratulating Senator Quinn on this Bill. I commend the Minister for Finance on accepting the Bill. In that context, I should also mention the previous Minister, Brian Lenihan - may the Lord have mercy on him - under whose stewardship this process was initiated. It is a good day for the Seanad. We may have gone out with a bang with the last Bill we passed, but this Bill shows what this House can really do. Many members of the press were in the Gallery for the last episode, but none of them is here when we are seeing the fruits of the actual work of this House.