Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I agree with the point raised by Senator O'Toole regarding the registration of boats. It appears to make considerable sense in the context of the new structure of regulation around matters such as safety brought forward by this Bill. It is probably necessary to have some totally transparent way of distinguishing one boat from another, particularly with regard to the gathering of evidence because there are many serious offences arising out of that contained in the Bill. The proposal made by Senator O'Toole is very valid and useful and I would ask the Minister to consider it on Report Stage.