Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. To be honest, I am very heartened by it. While he indicated the Government may seek amendments to the Bill, I am only happy for that to happen because at the end of the day, the resources I have are very limited in terms of drafting a Bill. I am only too happy to have resources the Department and the Government can bring to strengthen a Bill. I very much welcome that.

I see we are all on the same page here and that is really important. It is important that every one of us believes the Curragh is a very special place for those of us lucky enough to be from Kildare, for those of us lucky enough to live in Kildare and indeed for those around the country who see the Curragh every day as they pass through it. In his article published today, John Downing wrote about the great Con Houlihan-----