Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I would be much more comfortable standing with what is already in the text of the Bill, where circumstances exist that in the opinion of the Minister justify a temporary release on grounds of health or other humanitarian grounds. Clearly age is comprehended in "other humanitarian grounds". I would be unhappy about further defining other humanitarian grounds to include age, because such a reference might only lead to further complications in the administration of the scheme.