Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 36:

In page 11, line 38, after "inspection" to insert the following:

", within a reasonable time and taking the circumstances into account,".

The amendment is well placed because circumstances may change from time to time. To insert "as soon as possible" is one thing, but the circumstances under which an inspection is carried out should be borne in mind. There may be very urgent and cogent reasons for having an inspection carried out. For that reason, it is important to take the circumstances into account. I do not wish to delay the House but I can think of a particular situation that occurred during the summer where circumstances urged that an immediate inspection be carried out which ordinarily could wait for two or three months. I ask the Minister of State to expand on his views on the subject.

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