Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not speak to Part 4 in which I think the proposal made is constructive. While I agree with Focus Ireland, I recognise that it is doing work that is difference from that mentioned in the rest of the Bill. If the Bill reaches Committee Stage, Members will have an opportunity to amend or vote against various sections.

We heard about the constitutional constraints on property. Let me remind Fianna Fáil Members that they are not bound in the same way as the Minister by the advice of the Attorney General. They are free to take cognisance of and give it due consideration. Conservative rulings are consistently constraining our capacity as legislators to make good laws.

I beg permission to speak for an extra minute.