Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

The principle needs to be accepted on these points. I will not repeat them because I have already told the Minister a number of times. Clearly, she is not going to give way on this, so I will press the amendment. I ask the Minister to look at the case file on this matter, where her own senior officials identified the anomaly and are recommending a change to the legislation. I took it on good faith from the Minister and her officials, so it is extremely disappointing that she is letting us down at this point.

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