Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

My response is similar to the one I gave on Committee Stage. The strong advice from the Attorney General is that the matter should be addressed in other legislation and we are considering that. It would be somewhat unusual to include it in this Bill and other amendments would be needed because we would have to amend the Long Title and the Short Title of the Bill. The Office of the Attorney General has advised that the proposed amendment does not come within the remit of the Long Title and Short Titles of the Bill as set out. I suggest, for the same reasons I outlined previously regarding the CAB legislation, that it would be better to wait for that legislation.

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