Róisín Garvey (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. He pushed for this legislation as soon as he became Minister. As we know, there are huge issues with the backlog in processing qualifications. The last thing we want is more bureaucracy stopping people coming in from the UK. Hats off to the Minister for driving the Bill forward. He had good support from his staff, but sometimes it takes a Minister to drive an issue. It is amazing what can be achieved when people put their mind to it.

I take this opportunity to acknowledge that today is World MS Day. We just had a brilliant briefing from MS Ireland. The organisation has a clear request, which would save the State approximately €18 million, for the appointment of a physiotherapist to each of the regions in the country. I said to the people giving the briefing that I would raise the issue with the Minister and mark the occasion. He is probably the best chance we have of getting that kind of funding for MS Ireland.