Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

The whole thrust of the provision, accepting the Minister of State's comments, is that it automatically dies after the eight day period and, therefore, the applicant would have to return to the court again. Obviously, there will have been a requirement in the interim to notify the respondent and provide a note of the evidence of the affidavit, as well as the other relevant provisions in this regard. I believe that covers the situation fairly satisfactorily. When the matter comes back to the court a second time it will be a new application, but at that stage the respondent may be present, in which event the order may well be challenged. I regard that as a relatively good mechanism for dealing with the matter.