Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is fair to say that there was serious concern about this issue. I was much in favour of the idea of on-the-spot fines at the beginning but then I had to accept points that had been made which on reflection had a certain validity. I believe the Minister has hit a happy medium whereby, although it will be possible to keep all of this out of the courts, a single person cannot act on his own; it will now take two people. That is a reasonable compromise and I am willing to accept it.

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