Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is true some of the decisions made in respect of the mechanics of how the process is implemented, some of the overbureaucratising of the process, some of the delays which have happened and some of the mistakes which have happened in the implementation and administration of the system are indefensible. There is absolutely no doubt about this in my mind and I have no difficulty repeating the word here that it is so. People accuse me of being legalistic about this, and perhaps I am a little too legalistic sometimes in my style-----

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