Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

The list from which I am working contains 37 groupings. I understand there are only one or two changes to accommodate some of the technical amendments. I would not come before the House and propose that we proceed if I had published substantive amendments to the Bill yesterday. The amendments were published 12 months ago and the Deputies have had those 159 amendments for that period. Those amendments cover all the substantive issues. Due to the delay in taking the Bill, many technical amendments have been required in regard to dates and times. Given that we knew the Bill was coming before the House today, one or two additional amendments were required but they merely concern dates and times. Nothing substantive has been included in them to throw the Deputies off, so to speak.

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