Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I wish to be associated with what the Minister of State has said. I know the work the officials have done on this legislation. I have argued with them over the years and seriously differed with them on many occasions, but I would never doubt their commitment, ability and effectiveness in this area of legislation. The Minister of State and his Department are lucky to have people of such quality. It has been a tradition in that Department through the years to dot the i's and cross t's. If we were subject to litigation we should still be caught out, but I want to be associated with what the Minister of State said and to thank the officials for their help in all of this.