Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, before section 1, to insert the following new section:

1. This Act shall cease to have effect on 1 March 2005.".

This legislation is bad and has not been thought out properly. Mistakes will be made in it and I have no doubt that the House will have to introduce further legislation to rectify them. My amendment acknowledges that the legislation is important in the short term but that it will not solve problems in the longer term. We need a comprehensive review of care for the elderly because we are only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. That is why it is vital that we accept this Bill but make it effective until 1 March 2005 when a new, more comprehensive Bill would come before us and we could deal with all the issues involved in that context.