Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

Time is required to consider it. If I were asked, I would choose Deputy Howlin's approach rather than Deputy Jim O'Keeffe's but I do not preclude that the Attorney General may fail to see merit in the latter's approach. I need time and a Government decision but I have neither. This legislation, when debated on Second Stage, did not incorporate any of this material. If I am accused of legislating on the hoof, let it be clearly understood that I am being invited to do so by others.

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