I am very pleased that we have got through this. I was going to use the words "galloped through this", but to do so would indicate undue haste when I am aware that the Minister's excellent staff has ruminated over these very serious matters and provided the best possible advice. While the legislation is flawed, it is not fatally so and one accepts the inevitability of the Government winning in these matters. I am sure the Minister has taken on board some of the very practical and, I hope, helpful suggestions made in our amendments. The more we gain in knowledge, the more we may be able to apply that knowledge to future decisions.
I thank the Minister and his staff for being with us today and I am grateful for his courtesy. Although he is sometimes flamboyant, I congratulate him and the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Hanafin, on their roles in getting the Bill through today.