Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

This is getting stranger by the minute. Normally a Minister puts pressure on the Government Whip for time for his Bill to be brought to the House. The Tánaiste seems to think it will operate the other way around. The Bill has been through the Seanad already and the Tánaiste now says there will be Government amendments to it. This is the first we have heard of the Government amending this legislation. What amendments are we discussing? Are they technical amendments or do they contain substantive issues?

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