Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Bill should be allowed to proceed to Committee Stage in order that it might be worked on. We need to send a clear message that the delays have to stop. We have to see action and act with the knowledge of our history of emigration and our footprint across the world. We have to do something that honours that history and represents who our people truly are.

My final point is on the Ombudsman. The report we drafted looked in particular at the role of independent oversight of the system. We called for the public service Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children to have oversight. I ask the Minister of State to proceed with that because it is critically important.