Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I echo all the points that have been made. I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and the officials. The one point that stands out for me is in respect of the amendments from the Government side. It would be helpful if we could have an explanation of those in advance. There was one example today, which I highlighted, where 24 amendments, many of which were technical, were grouped. They involved eight pages of amendments without any advance explanation on them. I did not attend the briefing given by the officials because it took place on the morning of the deadline for submission of amendments and we were still working on them so it was not as valuable as it could have been.