Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Most of the recommendations in the 1998 review were embodied in the 2000 Act. That Act was, in a sense, the legislative response to the 1998 review. I do not believe that the 1998 review is sufficient, particularly now that we are seeking to amend the legislation that resulted from that review. As I said to Senator Dooley, my intention is to initiate a review within months and not put it off. While I do not want to pre-empt the review, if there is a need for further legislation, I would hope it would be delivered in the same sort of timeframe as the 1998 review and the subsequent 2000 Act. To a certain extent, that will depend on the workload within the Department, the workload of this committee and the legislative timetable of the Dáil, but that is the sort of approach that I think we should take.