Apologies.

I will not repeat myself.

I welcome the important addition to the legislation. I am glad and appreciative that the Minister took on the comments made on Committee Stage. I welcome them wholly.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I welcome my daughter Jaelynne to the Chamber.

Like her mother and my mother, Jaelynne will, thankfully, be a woman on the right side of history. It is disingenuous to talk about hate campaigns. None of us operates here in isolation. We can all see what other people are doing and hear what they are saying. I know from my communication with the members of the Traveller community who contact me about people using their Facebook posts and platforms to target the Traveller community, a vulnerable group, that there are groups that are not safe in society, including …

Yes, I am making a point about what hate is and who we do and do not protect. Politicians correctly fight for the right to free speech but free speech cannot only apply to politicians and their actions in respect of particular communities or particular women or their statements on surrogacy, rights for trans people, LGBTQI+ people, the Traveller community or providing Irish homes for Irish people. We cannot only use free speech to suit ourselves. When free speech is turned back on those politicians in terms of how …

I move amendment No. 2: In page 18, line 31, to delete ", in so far as practicable,". This amendment seeks to delete the term "in so far as practicable" in respect of efforts to be made by the Public Appointments Service, PAS, to ensure an equitable balance between women and men on the electoral commission. We tabled an amendment aiming to achieve a similar end on Committee Stage, which sought a minimum level of representation of women on the commission. I acknowledge that the Bill, as drafted, contains a provision…

I move amendment No. 3: In page 18, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(6) Where recommending to the Government persons for appointment as ordinary members of the Commission, the Service shall have due regard to obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Act 2014 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.”.

I move amendment No. 4: In page 18, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(6) Where recommending to the Government persons for appointment as ordinary members of the Commission, the Service shall give due regard to the desirability of the membership being broadly reflective of the diversity of Irish society, while also endeavouring to ensure representation in the ordinary membership of persons to whom the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2018 apply.”.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.