Aidan Davitt (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I also listened intently yesterday evening and again today to Senator McDowell. The point he makes, which was verified and corroborated by Senator Burke, is that the retrospective part of the measure is where the complications seem to lie. If somebody knowingly does something going forward, that is a different kettle of fish. In cases where people have done something previously and got an undertaking as a fact, it would be inherently unfair to punish people retrospectively.