Mr. Martin McMahon:

It is a good solution but, as I have said, because the Department of Social Protection does not feel it is bound by case law then one is putting more legislation into a process that does not believe it is bound by the legislation. Until one can compel it to be bound by the legislation then it is actually a waste of time. It is admirable and something which should happen but as it is using test cases, which are outside the law and are specifically prohibited by existing case law, how does one make legislation work when it will not use the legislation?