Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020. It is a very important piece of legislation. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wish him well with the new Bill and with the extra portfolio he will get for the next couple of months.

Before I start, I wish to be associated with a proposal that was made by Senator McGahon earlier during the Order of Business regarding a plaque being placed within the precincts of the Leinster House complex in honour of former Senator and Deputy, Billy Fox, on the anniversary of his murder. He is only the second person to be murdered, by political assassination of a Member of the Oireachtas and of this House, in almost 100 years since the foundation of our State. Therefore, I support that proposal.