Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 12, subsection (4)(a), line 45, to delete "7 days" and substitute "one month".

Amendment No. 21 is straightforward. The Minister refers to a tough regime in this legislation. That is fair enough. However, once again let us not have it so tough as to be unfair. I am not a lawyer, as I keep saying, but I would have thought that to swear an affidavit is a serious matter. One needs to be absolutely sure of what one is swearing, that every fact is checked and so on. These matters may need time. Seven days is too short in that regard. The object of the amendment is to substitute "one month" because seven days is too short.