Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and his officials. This was a Seanad Bill in which the Minister was not initially involved. I respect the amendments made by the Dáil. To be totally realistic, the Dáil will go into recess and will not return until the end of September. As a realist, I recommend to the House that the amendments be dealt with without great debate because, quite frankly, they have been debated in great detail. It is very important that the officials get on with enacting the Bill during the summer recess. I have no objection to any of the amendments. I support them and I ask the House to support the Bill because if any change is made here, it will take until the end of September or early October to return to the House, and this is just not acceptable in the present climate when we need action on all fronts. The Bill should be passed and approved by the House.