Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I very much welcome this development. This was a call by Mandate. It was originally for six months, the committee changed that to nine months and Mandate put forward the 12 months. I am delighted that is what will be implemented. I want to make one point about the retrospective look-back. The Minister is ensuring that the period will not begin post-enactment. The period will not be 12 months from the enactment of the Bill, but will apply retrospectively from the time the Bill comes in.