Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her response. There is a genuine difference of opinion here but I want to acknowledge the point the Minister of State makes about the Minister's offer to share information. That is something that would be certainly be helpful but at the same time our position would be that the Act would still benefit from better Oireachtas oversight. It is not just the Act that would benefit; our Parliament would also benefit from that. At times there is a danger of us gifting issues to people on the far right by not having more debate and consultation. In fairness to the Minister of State she has acknowledged those communication and consultation issues this morning and we will hold her to that. We will have to agree to disagree on this but I appreciate the Minister of State's comments.