Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I appreciate my colleagues' comments regarding registration and publication of the names and addresses of breeders involved in Irish hunting. That is all we are asking. We will certainly table an amendment to that effect on Report Stage if the Minister does not provide for an exemption for those involved in the Hunting Association of Ireland so their names and addresses would not be published for the reasons I have outlined. We all know that the reason the commitment was given and then taken away was because of the Minister, Deputy Gormley, bringing in certain people around him prior to the referendum on the Lisbon treaty and telling them that he needed them to vote "Yes" and that in return, this Bill and other Bills would be introduced. That is the reason the commitments were made and why they have now been reneged upon. Let us be foursquare and tell the truth about it. As Senator Norris suggested, let us have it out. Let the Minister come to the House to explain why he changed his mind. We need a bit of honesty rather than pussyfooting around saying it was this, that and the other. That is the reason the commitment was reneged upon. It is not sufficient for people to renege on commitments for that purpose.