Noel Treacy (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

I concur with many of the sentiments expressed by my colleagues. I respect their personal commitment to this area. I agree it is important that we give as much time as possible to parliamentary discussion. Nothing is more important than legislation and it is important that legislators can devote their time to creating good legislation. That is our primary role and it should be our main focus. Obviously, there are many other distractions that put pressure on Members but I hope we can continue to work together to produce the best legislation.

The recommendations of the consumer strategy group are under consideration by a high level interdepartmental committee that will report back to Government with a detailed implementation plan within three months.

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