Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is saying we will leave aside the principle and address it at some time in the future. The problem is that, as he and I both know, it will be a considerable time before the matter can be tackled. The key principle is that, notwithstanding the need to deal with the matter expeditiously, when scrutiny of legislation throws up a discrepancy, an inadequacy or an inconsistency, it is not good enough to say we realise there is a problem but we will deal with it at some time in the future. Can we not get it right now in dealing with legislation? As Deputy Denis Naughten rightly said, the issue of time is not problematic. We will facilitate the Minister in every way possible. He could come back to the Houses with this legislation tomorrow and we would pass it straightaway. I do not see any difficulty in that regard. However, for him to say he accepts that there is a problem but that it can wait to be solved-----

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