Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, the financial implications section has been removed completely between the first and second drafts. It was section 7, but it seems to have disappeared into thin air. According to paragraph 24 of that section in the first draft, the committee noted that a detailed impact assessment of the Bill had not been carried out, thus hindering us in our consideration of the Bill. That was a reasonable conclusion. As such, is it not reasonable to say that the committee can make a decision to defer our consideration of the report and the Bill pending the preparation of an independent economic impact analysis and the committee's receipt of same?