Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am prepared to agree with that. It is a good suggestion. What I want is for us to have a motion that reflects the seriousness of the crime. We must be cognisant of the fact that a widow and a mother are grieving a son and a husband. I do not know what process was followed in the US, but I am sure we could find out. There, some 18 names have been listed and those persons are banned from the US. The list includes four judges. Part of the problem in Russia is that it does not have a proper separation of powers. I do not suggest we should follow the US, but at least its approach provides background information.

I suggest the four members the Chairman has named could designate two of them to draft a motion that could be brought back to us for agreement. Deputy Durkan and myself could stay out of the process and perhaps the four could come up with something of substance. I would much rather go the consensus route, despite the fact I have signalled that if the amendment was put today I would oppose it and call a vote on it.