Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

In the absence of procedures, due process is the one thing we must ensure. Anybody who is the subject of such a matter would be entitled to know the rules that govern the procedure. It would be wrong to commence a process and then dip in and out to change it as people go along. It may happen as we go along that there may be other issues but, if we can foresee things that will enable us to put the framework in place to undertake a process that the Houses of the Oireachtas deem to be the most fair, it should be done at the outset.