Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the process to move this forward, I have the memorandum of understanding before me, which I understand is the document that has been agreed between the Oireachtas and the Government concerning how Private Members' Bills are to be handled. It lays out at the bottom of page 10 that the Dáil select committee must consider, taking account of the scrutiny report, whether the Bill should continue to Committee Stage. Examples of grounds on which a Bill could be considered unsuitable to progress to Committee Stage include the need for further detailed policy analysis, the identification of major technical or legal issues, and the presence of drafting issues that cannot be remedied by way of amendment. All three of these grounds obtain with the current report.