Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

I thank Deputies for making time available to deal with the Bill today. This is a very detailed and technical Bill. In my view it is important that we have on the record of the House the full detail of what the Bill relates to. I am conscious that officially I have only 15 minutes. I am distributing a speech to Deputies which deals with the totality of the background of the Bill. I have no difficulty with the speech being included in the Dáil Official Report without my necessarily reading it through in its entirety because colleagues will be given it. Much of it is very legally technical and I am very conscious that the Bill is not controversial.

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