Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is very helpful and would be a good way of proceeding. It is not my amendment, it was suggested by Rape Crisis Network Ireland. It aims to cater for particularly traumatised victims who are probably the first people that will hopefully benefit from this legislation if we get it right. I accept that the Minister of State will consider the matter before Report Stage. If, however, we were to pass the amendment now, the onus would really be on him to change it on Report Stage if he so wished. The amendment is better in its current format. Can we not just keep it? The level of engagement by NGOs and so on in respect of this Bill has been immense. Although, in the context of new politics, agreeing to nothing is not good either. We could agree it now and then if the Minister of State or his officials need to change it on Report Stage, we will not stand in the way of it by demanding that that wording be retained. I will press the amendment on that basis.