Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Legislation is not complete until it is signed. If it was completed when the Attorney General provided a stamped copy to a Department, all the work of the committee members as parliamentarians would be redundant. There is always provision for amendment and we are amending on Committee Stage on the basis of the consultation with the European Central Bank and the legal advice underpinning the suggested change. That is the position.