Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

The Minister seems to be taking a reasonable approach. However, he just said that if he could get agreement with the stakeholders, he would move to legislate in the other Bill promised. Earlier he said there were EU restrictions with regard to this. Which is it? We have been back and forth through the arguments in respect of cyclops mirrors. My advice is that there is nothing stopping the Minister from requiring the retrofitting of cyclops mirrors. The Minister of State spent some time dancing around the issue and took the same line as the Minister that he could not move unilaterally without the rest of Europe. Then he said that if he could get agreement ——

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