Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

The Minister has said that the service does not know the standards. Does he suggest that the service is wrong?

That is one of the key problems with this. The Oireachtas Library and Research Service is independent of all of us and of the Government, and thank God for it. It has stated that this legislation could cost householders thousands, but the Minister and his party continue to ignore that. There must be some way of assuaging that concern in rural Ireland. My suggestion would remove the criminality aspect as well.