Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister, Deputy Shatter, to the House and I wish him every success. I know of his excellent work in bringing forward Private Members' legislation. He is ideally placed and qualified to be the Minister for Justice and Law Reform. I wish the Taoiseach well in representing Ireland in the negotiations tomorrow. He will have the green jersey on and we must back him 100%. It is in the national interest that we do so. As far as the programme for Government is concerned, we will analyse it as we go along but a certain amount has already been adopted by the Houses.

On a semi-personal matter, I want the Minister to look into clampers operating in the country. In the previous Dáil, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Simon Coveney, issued a Private Members' Bill, the Vehicle Immobilisation Regulation Bill 2010.