Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of the Sinn Féin team, I thank all of the contributors, the community, Senators Mark Daly and Lorraine Clifford-Lee and the Minister of State. On two occasions this evening, I thought about Nelson Mandela, first, when the interpreter at his funeral was mentioned, and, second, when Senator Victor Boyhan referred to the challenges facing campaigners in our society. He set out a beautiful quote from President Obama following the death of Madiba:

When the night grows dark, when injustice weighs heavy on our hearts, or our best-laid plans seem beyond our reach - think of Madiba.

We must continue to build a rights-based society as our response to a fractured world, including all voices that speak of Ireland and for a new Ireland.