Victor Boyhan (Independent)

I thank the Minister of State sincerely for this. We are always thought of as saying in the Seanad that it does not matter what we do but we had meaningful and constructive engagement here. I thank the Office of the Chief Herald and the Genealogical Society of Ireland and Michael Merrigan, who was the chief principal behind some of the memos and engagement with us. At the time, there was some resistance. The Minister of State took it away on the basis of needing further clarification and teasing out. There are always, of course, unintended consequences of doing something. I understand that there has to be follow though with Department officials, the Minister of State must be comfortable with analysing all of that and getting independent advice and people were not necessarily in a position that day to tease out some of the issues I and others brought to the table. I know this was discussed in the Dáil and I heard from Deputies from all parties that it was very favourable. I thank the Minister of State for what might appear simple things. She clearly listened and considered the matters, they were reasonable and she could accommodate them.