Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I was just going to say what Deputy Wallace said. I do not believe it is an unravelling. The committee considers the Minister's committee structure as unwieldy and overly complex. If anything, despite differences in terms of the lay majority or otherwise, even members who agree with the thrust of what the Minister is proposing recognise that there should be changes at the commission level and the removal of the committee structure proposed by the Minister. They are trying to be constructive rather than trying to unravel what the Minister has proposed. It is for the Minister to return on Report Stage to reform and restructure what we see as overly complex rather than us relying on the Minister to bring forward amendments. As Deputy Daly said earlier, if we were to rely on the Minister, we could end up with the committees on Report Stage. It is clear that the Minister wants to maintain the committee structure more or less as he proposed it. It is important that members understand that the Minister wants that now and will want it on Report Stage also. It is important that members understand that there is no commitment to change or reform the committee structure going into Report Stage. It is, therefore, important that we address that now.