Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

I do not want to debate this with you; I appreciate the situation in which you find yourself. My understanding is that this is a statutory instrument, but the motion in the name of the Minister is to give effect to that statutory instrument. It is a motion in the Government's name, and the amendment in my name and that of my colleagues is simply an amendment to the motion, not to the statutory instrument itself.

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