Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will come back to a previous point. Obviously, the Chairman's points about the responsible person are valid. They were echoed by other members of committee. We are looking at the latest legal opinion to see if we can make that work. Outside of that, pre-legislative scrutiny is all about having these types of detailed debates around impediments where the Department officials, as very experienced people in the area of agriculture, food and the marine, would have an insight. It is open to the committee to make recommendations about that length of time. If it is the committee's recommendation that it would be a different length of time, that is a possibility. We take on board the points that have been made, however.