Katherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her fulsome response. It was very helpful and necessary. The report the Minister published provides a brilliant example of the type of practice we are suggesting. A similar type of practice could be developed. The Minister referred to the report and I commend her on its publication, the way she responded to it, the public apology and the swiftness with which she dealt with it. It is very heartening and many other people felt that way too.

The Minister's response to the amendment is very much in tune with what we were trying to do, which is to pitch it somewhere in between. If there are some technical difficulties in that regard, it would be wonderful if the Minister took the opportunity to look at those and return with a suggestion of something better from a technical perspective that would still incorporate the substance of what we are suggesting. I appreciate her recommendation.