Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Ó Cuív. All of us in this room, on the Department side and on the Oireachtas side, understand the social welfare code pretty well. We spent a considerable amount of time talking about a number of hypothetical cases. The argument was made very well on both sides in relation to it. There are implications, however, in some of the alterations with these heads of Bill that could have unintended consequences. Really, the only people who will know this are people who are applying it themselves. Some of the people who are very thorough in relation to the social welfare code are the people who are retired and have a bit of time on their hands. This is why the committee was so anxious to put this out for public submissions, to get and address some of these potential anomalies before they arise. It is not the intention of the Department or the Oireachtas to create any anomalies here. Our fear is that this may arise inadvertently. We are anxious to respond back to the Department as quickly as possible. We will do that as quickly as possible but it may not be by 4 October. It will be as soon as possible thereafter.

Does Mr. Duggan have any supplementary comment?