Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I accept the Minister of State's explanation for the need for this amendment as the Bill has taken some time to go through both Houses of the Oireachtas and the elections to both Houses was part of that process. I welcome the fact that an annual report is part of the procedures of this Bill and, along with Senator Carty, I feel it is important that the reporting mechanism for such a Bill should be to have it debated, where possible, preferably in this House, where there might be more latitude to examine its provisions and comment critically on how the report can be improved in subsequent years.