Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I need to find out whether this can be done and if it can, that this requirement be removed and the legislation tweaked. It should be done because it is the right and fair thing to do. I suspect Mr. Moran has been at this a very long time. It is not easy to come here. He has come to a public committee to tell his story about this. The way he has been mistreated is extremely unfair. I could use stronger words but I would be in trouble. It would be very unfair to the parliamentary public as well. I will certainly look into this to see what we can do to remove this. I do not know whether it will cause another knock-on effect. The Oireachtas has the resources and an amazing library and research crew. I will approach them to ask whether it can be done. We can even do that through the committee. If we know it can be done, they can assist us in making those changes and trying to get it through. That is the only thing we should be doing.

I thank the witnesses. Mr. Moran was extremely thorough in putting this out. It has serious ramifications. I do not know where this 36-month rule came from. The term "transitional conditions" put the red flag up for me. Who made that up? Were those two words in the legislation? I do not think they were so it should not apply. I am very interested in where we can go with this. I again thank the witnesses.