Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for cutting across Ms McElwee, but I have limited time. As she said that this would be a disproportionate and misguided response, I asked specifically what would be a proportionate and well-guided response to the Debenhams situation? She specifically referenced that in her submission. She has characterised this legislation as being disproportionate and misguided. What legislation would be proportionate? Nobody is suggesting that any laws were broken. The legislation suggests that the law is not capable of dealing with that situation, which is why it needs to be changed. There is no suggestion that laws were broken. However, Ms McElwee characterised this as disproportionate and misguided. What would be proportionate and correctly guided specifically as it relates to the Debenhams situation? We are here in that context. There is no point in pretending otherwise.