Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply and utterly accept his bona fides that we are all on the same side on this. I am delighted those measures will be ready for implementation by the middle of this year. One must acknowledge that the legislation was passed in 2010 and that the years in between have been difficult, with many different things happening - not least in regard to the ability of the public finances to fund all the things we wanted to do. Therefore, I will not press the amendments. Again, I thank the Minister for his reply.