Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of my colleague, Senator O'Donovan, our spokesperson on justice, and on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, I very much welcome the passage of this very important Bill through the House this evening. I commend the Minister, her officials and all of the draftspersons who were involved in putting the Bill together. I thank all of the organisations that advised Members on both sides of the House. In particular, I thank once again Rape Crisis Network Ireland, including Ms Counihan and her colleagues, for their input and the information they gave to our party in this regard. There have been differing views and opinions but, bar one or two, we are all in agreement that this is a very important Bill. I am glad the Bill has passed with almost unanimous support in this House and I hope it gets a speedy passage through the Dáil, whenever that might be.