Rónán Mullen (Independent)

Would it not be better to wait and see how it pans out, to see whether this can be achieved through agreement and to see if the current system works? If the Minister is not sure it is broken yet, why is he seeking to fix it? He is certainly not obliged by the troika or anyone else to put these redeployment procedures on a statutory footing. On the other question I asked, has the Minister or his Department given any thought to issues of liability that might arise? The Minister is putting this on a statutory basis, whereby it will be very much under ministerial control. There will be consultation but the redeployment procedures will be a ministerial decision. Does the Minister foresee that this could lead to situations where it could be argued, if there is some type of legal action as a result of a redeployment, that there could be a greater degree of liability on the State?