Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I am pleased the Minister of State has accepted the amendment, which I tabled in the House on Committee and Report Stages, when it was not accepted. It was deemed unnecessary but the superior persuasive powers of the other House, or the period of reflection on the part of the Minister, has enabled a more correct reading of the Bill, resulting in the citation of the Convention being included. It makes the Bill more accessible to the general reader and makes sense.

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