Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy O'Loughlin and Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony for drafting the Bill. Others have mentioned the amendment process and how open the Deputies have been about bringing in different groups. The number of people who contributed on Second Stage shows how Bills can be reflective of the views of all Deputies in the House and how something positive and a framework can be established. I commend what the Deputy organised in the AV room for victims. It was shocking to see how imprisoned they are in their own communities and how powerless the law enforcement process is for them and how they feel there is no hope for them within society. Hopefully this will give them something to progress very legitimate matters in their lives. It will address circumstances in which they were seriously targeted and there was no doubt about what the issue was but that the criminal justice process, as it currently stands, could do nothing for them. If this is progressed and we get the money message, it will do an awful lot for them. It will give them hope and allow them to move on in some ways. The mental trauma that people have gone through was really shocking. Hopefully this can be progressed. Has the Deputy had any informal indication that we may get this progressed from the Government? Will a money message be given? Has the Deputy had any contact? We can talk hypothetically forever about pre-legislative scrutiny. That roadblock has been a challenge in this committee with most Bills apart from one of Deputy O'Callaghan's Bills.