Fiach MacConghail (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Government for introducing this pragmatic Bill. We are all in unison about its importance and the pragmatism in swiftly enacting such a Bill. We are proud to have been a part of it. We thank a citizen who moved the Oireachtas to introduce a Bill that will enhance the democratic right of a citizen to become a Member of this House or the European Parliament. I do not know her, but I commend Ms Jillian Godsil for her enlightened role in inadvertently forcing the Government's hand through the case she took. I assume it will now be struck out. She rightly argued against discrimination on socioeconomic grounds, particularly bankruptcy, and is to be congratulated. The Bill is being passed in her honour.