Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What I have said is I will look at the Oireachtas joint committee elements. Deputy Ó Broin's amendment goes a lot further than that and he has acknowledged that. It would require a motion before the Dáil for referral to the Oireachtas committee. The Oireachtas committee then would make its considerations, propose amendments and then that would come back, as amended, to the Houses of the Oireachtas for approval. That is a significant further step. That is very different from the point that Deputy Ó Broin put across there in relation to how we would interact with the Oireachtas joint committee. I have said I will look at section 23(6) in that regard as well.

Because there may have only been approximately 30 in a period of time does not mean that there will be only 30 in the next five years.