Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

Apologies.

It is clear that the system being operated here can be circumvented by people determined to do so, and that is not satisfactory. We need to resolve this quickly.

I mentioned the appointment of Professor Paddy Wall earlier to look at this. The aim of the review is to resolve this as quickly as possible. However, we operated under a system which is compliant with European Union law and the frailties in this system are right across the European Union, not just in Ireland. All that sounds like defensiveness, I appreciate that, and I appreciate the Senator’s sincerity in raising the issues he raised, but that is my response.