Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is always a lead-in time. I will give an example. The committee will be aware that one of the items of legislation that I passed was the fair deal for farmers, which addressed an anomaly. Even though the legislation was signed in August, there was a provision whereby it could only be enacted after 90 days, so a lead-in time is always to be expected. It is important that we state what the lead-in time is. If matters are left open-ended, legislation can drift.