Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Our legal services team is looking at it. I am giving a commitment that the opinion will be gone through with a fine-tooth comb by my Department in order to see if there is any way we can make it work. It would solve a lot of problems on all sides. We know that expedience is needed in passing this proposed legislation. Does the Deputy think that if we could find a solution that we were happy would stand up to legal scrutiny, we would not go for it with both hands? Of course we would. I would like that. The Deputy should rest assured that the mechanisms are being looked at through the legal services section there. The option is open for it to be looked at further.