Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

This is where the Bill gets very complicated because we are dealing with amendments to amendments. My first two amendments seek to impose a greater penalty, namely 10% of turnover. The new Part of the Bill introduced by the Minister on Report Stage, which is the tendering operation regulations, appears to be a major improvement in terms of the administration of the operations.

I have tabled an amendment to the new section 67. The Minister might have noticed that it is an amendment to amendment No. 67 on page 39 of the amendments. I also introduce the issue of the flag, which is the theme of my amendments. I do not see why the reference to the flag state is not included at that point for the reasons I outlined previously. I also tabled a number of amendments on pages 40 and 41, which again, relate to 10% of turnover. They reiterate the two main amendments I tried to insert, which I tried to do throughout the Bill.

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