David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the officials. I support this legislation as it makes its way through the Oireachtas. If members can be helpful in speeding up that process, we should be, but we must do our job of pre-legislative scrutiny also, as I am sure the witnesses understand.

We received eight submissions and based on my reading of them, they all broadly welcome the heads of the Bill. That is good. The HSE submission is interesting. It supports the Bill in principle but refers to some practical challenges, one of which is the area of enforcement. However, we have not received a submission, as far as I can see, from An Garda Síochána. Has one been sought and, if so, is it going to come our way? As was noted, there is a time constraint on our work.