Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am looking at exactly the same document as the one from which Deputy Mac Lochlainn has just read. I received it a few days ago and went through it personally, as did my officials. I referenced it earlier as a constructive and helpful document in the continuing development of the Bill. Indeed, I addressed some of the issues the Deputy has just mentioned. I do not want to delay the committee by going into each of the issues, but suffice to say it is a very helpful and constructive submission and we are looking at it carefully. There are some issues which give rise to concern where there is no need for concern. There is certainly some additional tidying up that we can do on the Bill. I very much welcome the fact that we received the submission.

We will constructively engage with it, to the extent of ensuring the objectives of the legislation are fully achieved and that we have what is the right and appropriate regulatory structure in place in this area with no room for ambiguity or concerns. I have no doubt we will return to the issues on Report Stage.

I could do what the Deputy is inviting me to do because I have extensive notes on the document, but it would delay the meeting for the next hour if we went through each of them. It is a useful exercise and I appreciate the Deputy putting these matters on the record. We will come back to them on Report Stage.