Ms Darina Allen:

I thank Senator Quinn. I do not think any of us are against what we would see as progress. I absolutely agree with the Senator's sentiment in that all of us would like to find a way. In fact, in some ways it is rather ironic to hear me arguing against regulation when I spent a great deal of my energy in the past 20 or 25 years arguing in favour of regulation proportionate to the risk involved and to the effect that the cost of compliance would not put people out of business and so on. I am not at all against what is supposedly the spirit of this but it is very difficult to find any of the points we have discussed of which one could really argue in favour. I do not know if I am allowed to ask Senator Quinn a question.