Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In amendment No. 7 the additional text the Deputy proposes to insert is "the full breadth of" - those are the four words - the agricultural and food supply chain. In the Bill "agricultural and food supply chain" is defined as meaning the supply chain relating to agricultural food products, so I do not believe it is necessary to add these words, but I can reflect on this and we can discuss it further on Report Stage. I do not believe the amendment would change anything but I can certainly reflect on the matter between now and Report Stage and we can discuss it further then.

As for amendment No. 8, is it possible to make amendments on Committee Stage to remove text from amendments as we go or do the amendments have to be dealt with in their entirety?