Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will make a comment now. Time-wise it shows the complexity of this legislation and the ambiguity and huge concerns around it.

This evening we are only going to tinker at the edges of what is happening here. I was talking to the secretariat this evening and when we come back after Christmas I am going to put to the committee that we devote three full meetings to this legislation coming from Brussels. Then we intend to put a report together at the end of those three meetings because the possible impact of these proposals from Brussels is immense. I think the onus is on this committee to give it serious scrutiny and put forward a very strong view to our Government of where we think it should go. I will take two members together to see if we can get the points of view across. I call Deputy Michael Collins who will be followed by Senator Paul Daly.