Kevin Humphreys (Labour) | Oireachtas source

While I accept the Minister's good intentions, it is not acceptable to this House to give the power to charge a mediation service fee without coming back to this House first. If it is not the intention or the Minister does not foresee a need in the short to medium term to charge a fee for the mediation service and where he expresses the view that he hopes it will remain free of charge, if the RTB believes a fee has to be charged, the Minister should come back to this House to make the case for it. I am not in favour at this stage of giving the RTB the option of making a charge without the Minister having to come back to both Houses first.