Liam Twomey (Fine Gael)

What was the situation prior to this legislation? The Minister has been getting bucketloads of advice on risk equalisation and community rating and the Government has been up and down to the High Court for the past five years dealing with the issue. It is difficult to comprehend the necessity for the inclusion of this subsection. I do not wish to tax the Minister of State. As he said, senior Ministers need to be tucked up in bed at this time of night.