Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has anticipated the point I was going to make. Given the delay in bringing in this legislation, we are only on Report Stage on the second last day before the summer recess. Whether we like it or not - personally, I do not like it because I have been advocating for this legislation for a long time - this legislation will not come into operation until the autumn because it has to go through the Seanad, and if there are amendments made to in the Seanad, it will have to return to this House, but I presume that would not be a very long process. If the section were to be amended along the lines I have suggested, I would have no problem indicating to Fianna Fáil Senators that they should support it, and if it comes back before this House, which it will, I will support it. As I said, I am uncomfortable with the section as drafted.

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