Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It would be useful if the officials, who must do the heavy lifting on this, could set out very clearly the difference between the current provisions of the Act and what is proposed in sections 98, 124, 140 and 141, and the interaction of the new proposals with further information requests and decision-making timelines.

If we had that information, it would mean that when we would get to section 98 and section 124, etc., we would probably have a more productive conversation than we are having now. We will deal with those amendments as they come. Can I ask the Chair for latitude? Given that we may then have questions pertaining to these amendments, will the Chair give us a bit of latitude when we are discussing those sections to return to the substance of this discussion on foot of the Minister of State's note?