Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Bill contains 280 sections and 40 Schedules. The trouble is that the legal systems are quite alike and that is the difficulty in case law, but it is being examined. We hope to have the heads of the Bill but it will take a number of months. There are quite a number of complexities. It has got priority in the Department but it will take a number of months.

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