Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----how will it work in practice? Is he suggesting that he will consider tabling an amendment that will enable the commission to establish the will of those who attended the confidential committee as to whether their names should be redacted from the information to be sent forward? If so, within what timeline will that happen and how can the commission then dissolve by 30 October? Is it the Minister's thought that all of that work might be done ahead of its dissolution or is he suggesting that the report will be delivered on 30 October and the transfer of information might continue afterwards under the aegis of the commission? Sin ceist a dó, a trí agus b'fhéidir a ceathair.

The Minister mentioned that, if the legislation did not pass, the information that he wanted to pass on to Tusla - the database and so on - would be sealed within the Department for 30 years. Is that really a problem, though? If he were to introduce legislation on information and tracing anyway, could he not make whatever provisions he wished in it to enable access to the information in question? Sin ceist a cúig.