Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have spent two and a half hours on the first half of this legislation. I think it is clear that there is unease here as to how this is going to work in practice. The Minister of State was very attentive in listening to the members. I trust he will go back and examine the legal opinion that the Department has, and take on board the views that members have expressed. Next, we will look at the second part of the proposed legislation, which I hope will not take another two and a half hours. We will suspend proceedings while the new witnesses are coming in.