Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

It is open to any Member of this House, including a Member of the Opposition, to table a Bill to amend any law if there is a deficiency in legislation. It rarely happens because generally legislation is made by Government for the good reason that it has available expertise and assistance and it has the majority to get legislation through. However, I do not want to be so prescriptive as to write into the Bill that every three years we will review this, that and the other merely for the sake of it, and have endless meetings of individuals and professionals going through a process that could be meaningless.