John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

I thank Deputies who contributed to this debate. Many important and useful points were made and they have all been noted. In particular, Deputies Joe Carey and Ó Snodaigh stated that they intend to use Committee Stage to tease out a number of issues and table a number of amendments. I note that many of the points raised which people want to tease out on Committee State relate to Part 10 of the Bill, which covers the destruction of samples and the removal of DNA profiles and the timescales and categories for this.

I was taken by the point made by Deputy Ó Snodaigh about the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, and I shaking hands.

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