Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like to have a bit of discussion on this amendment. It is diluting some of the safeguards that were secured in the Seanad amendments. The main impact of this change in the wording is that the condition of necessity and proportionality - this is my reading of it - is being removed. The reason it is being removed is not 100% certain. We have already accepted amendments from the Minister of State that insert "necessary and proportionate" into the wording. Could the Minister of State talk me through the amendment?