David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank colleagues for their input. The amendment I argued against has serious implications and we will have to consider it further. I ask colleagues to seriously consider this and the impact it could have on the clinical community. It is not something the Minister for Health was bringing to this lightly and he put much work, research and consultation into it. He is taking the Bill extremely seriously. The implications of the amendment could be very far-reaching. We will have to consider exactly what it means and we might ask colleagues to look at it again on Report Stage. I do not want to rehash the argument now but I should make that point.

I thank the Chairman, the secretariat, my staff and colleagues from the Dáil for the work they put into this, their sincerity and commitment. That is really appreciated and it is how legislation is made and developed. We will have to consider some of the matters that have been decided. We have done a good day's work in getting this far.