Mr. Paul Beddy:

On legislation, there is a lot of work to be done, but it is not necessarily a question of developing legislation. If the committee, in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills, let it be known that serious consideration was being given to the development of legislation, that could be sufficient to focus the attention of all the partners on finding a solution to a problem that is solvable. Once there was agreement between all of the stakeholders, it would be down to implementation and the monitoring thereof. I share Dr. Dockrell's concern about legislation, but the threat of it could help to focus minds.