Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

The Minister made an important point in his reply to Deputy Rabbitte with regard to codification and further reports pending. I respectfully suggest we park this Bill until such time as we have further and more lengthy legislation. Earlier this year, my party indicated we would consent to the passage of an interim measure. However, since then the situation has changed substantially. The most important sections of the Bill have been removed and other sections which caused difficulty for the Minister are subject to amendment. We have a garbled Bill which will not do anything to improve the situation.

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