Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

I am trying to keep the language simple so the Minister will understand. I hope he will accept the points made by a number of speakers. This is not good legislation and there is a serious need for the Government to review it. Whatever the people of Ireland feel about politicians and what we do in the House, and they might not be particularly worried that we do not get heavily involved in legislation, they will have serious concerns if we sign away our democracy at the stroke of a ministerial pen. This issue will become far bigger than the Minister anticipates and he needs to stop it now.

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