Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is consolidating a range of enactments and bringing in common procedures that will apply. Like any other restructuring process, it is a difficult Bill. Amendments come which provide greater clarity. It is the nature of this sort of Bill. We are also working to move this rapidly to deliver the consolidation within a timeline. We are trying to balance getting a strong agency up and running and in place, while also ensuring that the legal underpinning is robust. As we moved along amendments arose and we were willing to accept them.