Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Perfect. That is a period I would support.

We need to be realistic in terms of costs. The commission needs to consider what costs would arise from its proposals, which need not necessarily constitute new burdens on the Exchequer. If one is devolving power from existing statutory bodies, one can devolve the powers, staff and budgets with them. During yesterday's debate on the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017, when Deputies were discussing the re-establishment of town councils there were proposals for revenue-neutral ways of doing so because one would be taking what went into local authorities back out of them and that should be considered.

I would like to hear the response of Deputy Cassells to some of those suggestions for expanding the Bill but it is a very good piece of work. In common with many Second Stage Bills that come to pre-legislative scrutiny, I would like the Bill to quickly go through pre-legislative scrutiny and go to Committee Stage in order that it can be progressed because I cannot see how anybody in government would not at least be willing to progress the Bill in order that we could get an Opposition Bill through all Stages before the Dáil term ends.