Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

I make one final plea to the Government to do the honest, decent thing and allow the Bill through Second Stage. If there are details to be cleared up on Committee Stage, let us do so in the normal fashion. If the Government refuses to do so and does not accept the central thrust of the legislation, it will be answerable for the consequences as it will have sided with the criminals, intruders and burglars, and denied home owners the protections of the law to which they are fully entitled.

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