I revert to the legislation on the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes that is to go through the House tonight. In an exchange yesterday with Deputy Cairns, the Taoiseach mentioned the fact that the Government was not seeking to seal the records and asked us to accept his bona fides on that. That statement directly contradicted statements made by the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, on radio earlier, for example, and statements he has made in the past to the effect that the Government has to seal the records for 30 years in accordance with the 2004 Act. Is it the Taoiseach's understanding that the 2004 Act is superseded by EU law, in particular that which pertains to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and GDPR practice as they relate to this legislation?

To put a context on what I said yesterday and what I have been saying for the past while about the Bill, it is caused by, and necessary to deal with, the very pressing deadline for the winding up of the commission itself, which could allow for the destruction or non-availability of the documents in question.

Yesterday the Taoiseach said it would not.

Please, Deputy Smith.

Deputy Gannon asked a question. I would like an opportunity to reply without the ongoing heckling from the Deputy opposite, which is not constructive. There could be further legislation. There has been an ongoing issue, apart from this issue, with access to records, which was debated in the previous Dáil with the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and which was not quite resolved. In my view, there is a desire to try to get this resolved after this legislation, which preserves the records, is dealt with. It is not the case that this is the legislation on its own and that is the end of the matter. That is my understanding of how the Minister sees this.