Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire arís. Táim ag súil go mór leis an díospóireacht inniu mar tá an Bille seo thar a bheith tábhachtach. Tagaim leis an méid atá á rá ag an Seanadóir Barrett. An léamh a d'fhéadfá a bhaint as an leasú áirithe seo ná go bhfuil muid ag tabhairt sé mhí breise do na heagraíochtaí eile seo an seó atá acu a ghlanadh suas, rud nach bhfuil agus nár cóir a bheith ag teastáil.

Although it is not the Minister's intention, this amendment could be misconstrued as seeking to give the specified entities an additional six months in which to clean up their act. One would hope that all of the agencies being added are already doing their work in a fitting manner which upholds the principles set out in legislation. The Ombudsman is the independent arbiter of whether or not a citizen is being treated fairly and whether public bodies are fulfilling their functions in the proper manner. As such, there is a fuzzy logic in affording these particular bodies an extra six months. While I do not intend to oppose the amendment, it seems quite strange to afford them this latitude.