Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

The amendments are pertinent to this issue. The facilitation of the Bill has been very shoddy. An explanatory memorandum was not provided when the Bill was published. I requested such a memorandum and the Taoiseach said there would be a memorandum before the Bill reached Committee Stage. It was not provided. We received a one-page note with an outline of the legislation. A memorandum appeared following Committee Stage. However, due to the absence of an explanatory memorandum, I asked on Committee Stage what it was we were discussing other than a nuclear bomb or explosion. The Minister of State is on record as stating that we were discussing nuclear devices other than nuclear bombs and explosions. Will he clarify what the other nuclear devices are? The amendments are drafted in the context of our discussion of nuclear explosions and bombs. If other mechanisms are incorporated in the Bill, they should be considered in light of the amendments.

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