Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I have listened to the debate on this matter with great interest. Perhaps I am not getting through, even though I have repeated myself on numerous occasions, and Senator Dardis may have put it in more succinct terms. The criminal law deals with all sorts of activities in legislation. If people commit illegal acts, the criminal law is there to deal with them. The Bill identifies a weakness in the 1992 Act, which did not deal with this issue. I am providing a specific condition with regard to the surrender of an IPPC licence and that is an important step forward in protecting what we are trying to do. From time to time people will attempt to break the law, in which case the law will pursue them with all its armoury.

Sitting suspended at 6 p.m. and resumed at 6.30 p.m.