Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

With respect, this is an entirely reasonable section. It prevents unnecessary work by civil servants if someone, for whatever reason, decides to withdraw a request. It would be wrong if someone was pressured into withdrawing applications and ended up with less information, but one cannot provide for every informal eventuality. We must not waste too much time on this part of the Bill. I would prefer us to debate the more substantive sections. There are real things to debate, illuminate and clarify and the sooner we deal with them, the better.