Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome and thank Senators for their unanimous support for this Bill. I again acknowledge that this was a programme for Government commitment. I acknowledge the words of various Senators in regard to the deeply embedded sense of ownership we have around the friendly society and co-operative philosophy and I would welcome an opportunity to come back to explore that in further detail.

Again, I appreciate the words of the Senators.

I believe that the Bill is based on a strong co-operative or collaborative approach to legislation creation because we went outside the House and spoke to as many people and representative bodies as possible. We have reflected their views in this and that is the most important thing to do. I again thank Members.