Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)

The Minister will know as well as I do there are people here who are claiming asylum and cannot prove the violation they speak to for fear their country may be contacted and their family targeted as a consequence of that. This is a regular issue that happens within this country and others and it is particularly important when we are developing new frameworks.

When it comes to the concept of how we do this, it sets a bad precedent to ask us to nod along to something on which we do not have the full information - that is fair enough - or even as much information as the Minister seems to have when he is asks us to approve something. There is something very objectionable about the precedent that is set.