I'm incredibly grateful to those who gave me that push. Few moments more perfectly capture that journey than standing at my own election count in the early hours of the morning, about to be interviewed, and hearing reports come in from around the country that we had hit our target and secured not only my seat, overturning a 28,000 Labour majority, making a total of four constituencies, along with an amazing 40 second-place results. We had absolutely smashed our previous records.
Mr Carrigy said: "I am honoured to have been elected to take on this important role. We are fortunate to have a wealth of new talent among us in Fine Gael alongside the experience many of our parliamentary party members have in public service."
Civil servants and ministers are preparing to implement the assisted dying bill if it passes its first reading, highlighting the government's neutral position on the bill.