Peter Callanan (Fianna Fail)

I raised that issue in the Second Stage debate on this Bill. I understood the Minister to say in reply that once the process is initiated by the person's solicitor, or whoever is acting on his or her behalf, that would be adequate and it would move forward from there. I am concerned by Senator Coonan's suggested closing date of 31 January 2006. In some cases one may not be able to come within that timescale because of difficulty with title and so on, and the goal would not be achieved. One of the benefits of the scheme is that all payments would be processed as quickly as possible. I do not disagree with the Senator but setting a closing date may create a problem he does not envisage.