Mary Henry (Independent)

I thank the Minister for accepting these amendments. I was taken by the submission Cheshire Ireland made to me. They deal with very serious cases and, in the submission, pointed out that people are often not in a position, either physically or mentally, to get around to thinking about the legal process.

It is right that the period is to be the same for medical and non-medical claims. I write occasionally for the Irish Medical News. After the debate on Second Stage I wrote about the debate and said what the Minister intended to do. While the article was published only yesterday, my colleagues are normally very quick to contact me if they have a complaint about something which is about to happen. I have not had any complaints. Therefore, it seems that they think this is a reasonable length of time.