Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know I had a bee in my bonnet last week at the committee. We have got into a habit of providing for reports in legislation. This is much more serious. If we accept this in legislation, then I am committing to doing it. I cannot do what the Deputy has asked me to so I cannot commit to doing it. If the amendment goes ahead, I will have to vote against it. I cannot put in legislation an agreement to do something that I physically cannot do because then I will break the law and I will not agree knowingly to be not able to do something.

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