Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not know why the Minister could not have said that in the first past of his response but that is what we were looking for. We had an agreement with the officials in the discussions between Committee Stage and this debate. We recognise that the Minister was attempting to address a gap whereby a person could not contact the competent authority but, in doing that, he left out the bit about getting an explanation in writing. To repeat, we were not insisting on that in every scenario but just that it would be acknowledged in that way. Given that it is a matter of record that the Minister will put this forward in the Seanad, on that basis, I am happy to withdraw my amendment.

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