Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We had a good discussion on this on Committee Stage. We will keep a very close eye on this but I agree with Deputy Michael McGrath that the primary objective of the exercise is to get the register in place. That will be the new benchmark upon which decisions are taken, and there has been some verification on those decisions. Without the register we do not have a proper, robust system of making decisions and ensuring the risk is understood by all concerned but we will keep a very close eye on this issue.

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