Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State, his colleagues and the officials involved in the preparation of this Bill. Provision has been made for significant powers which are not appropriate to this legislation. We should have examined providing a more balanced incentive in this regard. We teased out those issues and I thank the officials for the manner in which they responded to them and made the argument as to why they could not concede to them. When the Bill is signed into law, it is imperative that Members encourage many of those 2,300 people involved to take up the offer. I look forward to working with the officials in the Land Commission in securing as many of those full payments of annuities as possible. I thank the officials dealing with this legislation.

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