John Gerard Hanafin (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister for his very comprehensive explanation of the Bill. There is no doubt that, on occasion, we see opposition for the sake of it. I often wonder whether the Opposition, if in Government, would introduce a similar Bill to the one before us. The Acting Chairman can have no doubt that it would because of its practicality in today's world.

Unfortunately we again heard criticism of our Taoiseach, who consistently does exactly what he says. This is proven by the fact that——