Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

I support the amendment, the proposition relating to which is self-evident. A regulatory impact analysis should have been carried out before the Bill was initiated. As Senator Quinn stated, this matter can be dealt with because the Minister will be in a position, under section 1(5), to decide when particular provisions of the Bill should come into force. I received representations from many supermarkets, discount stores and retail outlets in respect of the cost to which the measures contained in the Bill could give rise. The Minister of State should respond positively to the proposal put forward in this amendment.