Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State, the Tánaiste and the officials for engaging with us, particularly with those of us who expressed issues we had with the Bill on Second Stage and who tabled amendments. I appreciate that engagement and look forward to working with everyone on the wider review. I express again the condemnation I think we have all expressed in this House of the consequences of organised crime and the need to tackle it through robust and effective legislation. We approach this constructively to try to ensure the legislation is robust enough to withstand challenge, being conscious that the civil forfeiture regime, when introduced, was seen as draconian by the courts and that they have subjected it to intense scrutiny over the years. We will all be mindful of that in any debates on the legislation.