Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

On a point of order, this is an important section but it is not germane to the Bill or to the justice spokespersons. This should be dealt with properly by the marine spokesman. I resent it being here and taking up the scarce time allocated to this Bill. This is an insult to fishing communities.

On a point of order, a number of significant issues have not been reached and I will have to make a determination on behalf of my party regarding how we stand on this Bill. I do not know what is included in Schedule 2. Is it the Minister's intention to alter that Schedule? Section 48 on seven-day detention for questioning has not yet been discussed. Will the Minister simply keep what is in the Bill in this regard? We have not discussed the observation that this is unconstitutional and I cannot support it without hearing the Minister's reasoning. We need a few minutes to do this.

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