James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I completely agree with repealing and consolidating legislation. It is much more readable and user-friendly. Perhaps when this proposed Bill is revisited later in the year, which the Department has undertaken to do, that might be the approach to take. That would be much cleaner all around.

I call on Deputy Farrell to make his maiden speech as a member of the committee. I welcome him again. As he will probably have seen already, the way we normally operate is to allow each member five minutes, to include both questions and answers. We give a little bit of latitude.