Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Quinn highlighted one of the key decisions that will have to be made by my successor in this office. He or she will have to decide whether to consolidate the existing legislation, or to incorporate in the consolidating legislation two or three Bills that are promised in Towards 2016 and relate to issues of this nature which are crying out to be addressed in a much more proactive and detailed fashion. If I were in that position, I think I would try to meet the Towards 2016 commitments, at a minimum, and also to deal with a few cases of this nature which have thrown up examples of what most people would consider to be injustice. I would try to address such cases in the consolidating legislation. I suppose there will be a temptation for the Minister of the day to consolidate what is already in existence and to deal with other issues separately. I do not have the answer to this problem.

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