Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are well over 15 years into the Good Friday Agreement. I know that many people in this city and on the island who have taken up jobs and been loyal supporters of the Agreement whom I believe have been let down by the Minister’s decision. Many of them have settled down, have families, are living in communities and have been driving taxis for years. Suddenly a new Bill could affect them. I am reasonably confident that the courts will disagree with the Minister. If any one is challenged, especially after working for several years, I am hopeful that the courts will support them, but we should not have to go down that road. That was the whole emphasis of the Good Friday Agreement, to get people on board to come to a political solution of some description.