Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We had a discussion at the Business Committee and some of us will be very unhappy with the fact that the process is not the best practice to start with. Some of us are living with that even though it is far from ideal. That has been pointed out and noted. One of the concerns was that there would be additional measures introduced in the legislation. Where that is not the case, the very fact that additional regulations can actually alter the intent of the Bill or at least the understanding of the offences is very problematic. We will not have an opportunity to input into those regulations. The law cannot be grey; it has to be black or white. A person either commits an offence or does not. This has the potential to cause terrific confusion although the legislation was supposed to be fairly clear-cut in its parameters.

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