Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

One is on one side of this issue or the other. One cannot have it both ways. What worries me about the Bill, and I do not want to attack the Minister personally or the Department, is that there is a certain cowardice in saying nothing prevents the Government from making its own choice but it must do so in a fog of ignorance and in a manner that prevents it from giving effect to its own preference by making inquiries, which are a necessary adjunct to the discretion the Bill purports to preserve.

That is what I have to say about amendment No. 86c.