Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is my nature to be accommodating in all of these things, but in respect of meeting with individual stakeholders the list is endless. I have met the representative bodies. I am not putting words in the mouths of those representative bodies. I am merely saying that the press statement issued subsequently was issued with their approval and imprimatur. I am not going to interpret what it means for Senators but I was satisfied in the context of that consultation that the people I met understood that I was proceeding with the legislation. That much was clear. My clear understanding was that whereas the level of discomfort around it would vary from individual group to individual group none of them was opposing it. For that reason I regret I cannot meet the Senator's request.