Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Yes. We have 69 pages of heads in front of us and a great deal of thought has gone into this Bill, but the reason for the legislative process is to examine it fully. The reason for pre-legislative scrutiny is for the joint committee to have the opportunity to engage with other key stakeholders and feed that back. We have done a great deal of work in getting it to this point and I look forward to engaging with the Seanad, the Dáil and the select committee on scrutinising it strongly and assessing the merits of proposals. We have discussed a number of proposals today and I will reflect on some of them. At the committee's discretion, it is my intention to give the Bill proper time on Committee Stage to go through it and examine it fully.