Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 27:

In page 9, line 16, to delete "appropriate" and substitute "appropriate,".

I do not wish to delay the proceedings of the House other than to mention that this amendment is similar to another introduced by the Minister on Committee Stage. It concerns the introduction of a comma or apostrophe at the appropriate location. The Ceann Comhairle will be happy to learn that we had an enlightened debate on this precise issue on Committee Stage. As the result was inconclusive, I do not propose to delay the proceedings of the House other than to ask the Minister of State if, in the interim, he has appreciated the wisdom of what took place on Committee Stage and will now embrace it in the fashion in which it was intended?

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