Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Never fear, I will not be using the full eight minutes. I do not want to prolong the agony for my fellow valiant Senators who have lasted the pace this afternoon. The Minister of State already knows the Sinn Féin position on this Bill. We tabled some very modest amendments to it but they were not accepted, unfortunately. However, we still have an opportunity to reflect on those very sincere and genuine contributions that we sought to make to this Bill as well as to consider what it is about, what it seeks to do and, most important, who it seeks to help. From my party's perspective, legislation should help tenants in rental properties, first and foremost, as opposed to the banks. That point has been made by my party as recently as last night in the Dáil. We will have an opportunity to return to this Bill on Tuesday. While we are opposed to the Bill at this stage, we will hold our fire until we return to it on Tuesday. Given some of the contributions that were made in the Dáil by Sinn Féin and others, there will be an opportunity to reflect further and, hopefully, amend this Bill for the better.