David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a lot going on here. In a way, it is a pity that we do not have pre-legislative scrutiny of Private Members' Bills. All Government Bills must go through pre-legislative scrutiny and they have to be analysed and studied and go through all kinds of grief before they reach here. I did a lot of that when I was Chairman of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality. It is very valuable. All these technical issues can be teased out. However, that is not possible before the Bills reach here.

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