Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

I accept what Senator Leyden is saying. It would be easier to enact the Bill and then amend the position at a later date. When the scheme is up an running and, I hope, proves to be a great success, I hope it will be extended. The Minister for Social and Family Affairs recently made changes to the free travel scheme in order that it might apply to those who have been living abroad for many years and who have returned to Ireland. There is, therefore, a precedent of a sort. I accept, however, that we should learn to walk before we run. In that context, we should resolve the situation domestically in the first instance.