Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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In reality, the amendments we would like to see could only be tabled by the Minister. We can make the arguments and table amendments on Committee and Report Stages to flag issues, but in reality, only he can table the amendments required. The amendments are a way of flagging the need to go much further than the Minister is willing to go in the Bill and move beyond tokenism and aspirations to actions that would be effective.