Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My intervention was on a practical procedural matter. As the Minister has indicated he will liaise with the Deputies who put forward those amendments, I ask that it would be shared with members in a timely manner to give those of us who will be voting an opportunity to study them. My intention is to support the amendments, in that the Minister has accepted the spirit of them, but the hope is that he will come back with an amendment that will be reassuring to those of us who seek to support them. Nobody wants to stand in the way of the legislation, but time will be tight as Report Stage will be taken next week. Nobody wants to be considering amendments and trying to make a decision on them at the very last minute. We want to get this right.

There were references to previous tribunals, but they did not get it right and part of the reason is that they were rushed. Some members have expressed a view that this might be a little bit rushed but to do it right, we need the full set of information before we vote on Report Stage.