Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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It might have been easier if we had known that in advance because it would have allowed us to argue the point now rather than on Report Stage. The problem on Report Stage is that you go into recommittal and then you are in the lap of the Ceann Comhairle or the Business Committee as to what time we have in terms of making a change. Especially when we are moving powers and provisions towards the Circuit Court, which is the purpose of the next section we will be dealing with, and extending that by what the Minister of State has just proposed, it is vital that we have as much time as possible. We can argue that at the Business Committee but it means this committee will not have the opportunity to tease out the wording the Minister of State will be proposing.