Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On workload, there are probably 100 pieces of legislation I could bring at any given time, such is the Department of Justice. Some are larger pieces of work, while others are amendments of this kind that come from different rulings. There is no rule as to how certain elements should be put into miscellaneous provisions Bills. Insofar as possible, it is prudent and important that Ministers bring forward Bills of this kind to make sure important changes required are not left behind. Sometimes it takes longer to bring these types of changes forward but that is the nature of a miscellaneous Bill. It has different elements; some are changes that have been required for longer, others are more recent. This is an important change. It should perhaps have been done sooner but it was not. It is now part of this Bill. It is important that we pass it.

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