Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I support Deputy Timmins because we have not had adequate time to debate the legislation. It is wrong to deal with an important Bill in this manner. The least we should expect from the Minister is a regular report to the House with an opportunity to debate what happened in the previous six or 12 months. The report should not be left in the Library and the Minister should be proactive and afford us an opportunity to tease out the implications of the system in the House.

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