Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

Will the Ceann Comhairle please give me some leeway? When the Bill was concluding last night, I pointed out a number of legal difficulties, which might indicate that it could give rise to further anomalies so that we might have to enact further legislation in this House. If the Bill is being amended, that means it is coming back to this House, and that is relevant to the Order of Business. Where stands the Bill at present, relative to the Seanad? Has it been amended? If it has not, given that it was withdrawn, it was obviously examined. Was that examination done based on advice from the Attorney General's office, or is it the case that the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has deemed the Bill should not now proceed?

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