Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The difficulty is that not only Deputies here but people outside this Chamber have raised concerns about the robustness of this legislation and whether it fully captures the Quirke report. The best way to adjudicate on that is to ask the relevant and competent body to examine those matters and to report on them.

I am very disappointed that the Minister is not accepting my amendment or the others in the group. It is unwise and puts some of us in a position of considering whether to support this legislation, which is a very great pity. I do not see why the Minister could not support an amendment that envisages an analysis of the legislation and a verification of its implementation of Judge Quirke's recommendations. It would not prove a very costly or time-consuming exercise but it would have the merit of giving assurance, finality and peace of mind. I ask the Minister to reconsider her position on amendment No. 19.

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