Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State for his reply, albeit a very personalised one, to a legitimate question about the implementation of legislation. I intend to continue to raise questions about whether legislation passed by the Oireachtas is being properly implemented. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, specifically insisted there could be no delay in the enactment of the legislation to which I referred and that its provisions would be implemented during the summer. That has not happened. I remind the Minister of State that Fine Gael supported this legislation in both Houses. Moreover, my party was calling for the introduction of these measures a long time before the Bill in question was introduced.