Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail)

I add my best wishes to the O'Farrell family, who have waited 14 long years for an apology. It is far too long and no parent should ever have such a wait. Shane O'Farrell's parents, family and friends have done the State an incredible service by way of their determination, their courage and, more importantly, their love. I can only imagine that their love is what sustained them. I thank the Minister for Justice for apologising to them on behalf of the State. I call on every Member and every employee in the public service to learn from this and never to put any other citizen through what the O'Farrell family has been put through.

I invite all Members, when they get a chance, to come out to the Royal Canal in Phibsborough, which is looking spectacular at the moment. The flowers are blooming and the swans have new cygnets.