Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

With the good Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform currently in office, Senator Cummins can be assured that when the legislation is passed, he will not have to wait long for the Minister to implement the provisions of the Bill. With regard to Senator Tuffy's point on the indiscretion of personal searches, this is exactly what might happen to the Senator or I in any shopping centre in Dublin city. Existing security staff have the power to search us in the same way we would be searched under the new arrangement the Bill provides for.