Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I also wish to state that my party has always supported measures that will assist the Garda and all agencies within the State to fight crime and gangland crime in particular. I hope the provisions contained in this Bill will succeed. I have some doubts regarding the constitutionality of some of the provisions, as well as the possibility of legal challenges to them at a later stage. However, that is a matter for another day. I have already noted and will not continue to express my regret there was not sufficient consultation and discussion on the Bill. For a House that analyses and comes up with good suggestions and amendments, the debate this afternoon has been disappointing because Members believed they were being treated as a rubber-stamp and with contempt, which is regrettable. Senator Jim Walsh has alluded to the possibility of this being the Tánaiste's last time in the House.