Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

For a safety case evaluation to take place, the framework must be completed and in place in advance. It will take a certain amount of time to put a framework in place, primarily because there will need to be consultations with the various bodies and an examination of international technical aspects. There is a need for certain speed and urgency on the matter. Much work has been done in certain high profile cases, in which a series of international reports examined standards and set out safety issues. There is urgency attached to the Bill to put that framework in place quickly and to then allow safety case applications to be made within it.