Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes. In the broader submission in which the domestic violence references were made, there was a broader view - complaint is probably too hard a word – by IBEC that there should be a delay or staggering. There was a public conference held earlier in the year in which the same comments were uttered; in other words, IBEC was suggesting that we should stagger or delay this flexible legislation and that the legislation was going too far.