Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do understand this. I apologise for cutting across the Minister but my time is limited. I have noted this and I have internalised what the Minister has said in respect of this point. If he is saying that we cannot have a cross-jurisdictional regime and there has to be consistency in respect of the coronial process, or a system of investigation, I put it to the Minister that the legislation before us still does not robustly instill within it a coronial process akin to the laws of the land and the standards that apply in respect of deaths and the investigative process arising from them. I put it to the Minister that he still has not adequately addressed this issue in the proposal before us today. This is the elephant in the room. I cannot move on with the legislation until we have dealt with this issue sufficiently. The Minister is saying he will consider this element of the legislation to ensure no element could be construed as providing a barrier to any investigation. I am not seeing the evidence of this coming forward in the wording. Forgive me if I have missed this in dispatches.