Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

This is an important point. The Minister said the court has the latitude to impose a fine that it deems fit and what it would deem fit is what it would deem appropriate. This seems arbitrary. A judge could impose a fine that is more than appropriate. In other words, the judge would have come to a reasonable conclusion as to what would work, be appropriate and fit and could then increase that fine for some arbitrary reason. That seems unreasonable. Perhaps this is something that should be revisited on Report Stage.