Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 5, to delete lines 22 to 24 and substitute the following:

"(5) A certificate of registration shall be valid for the lifetime of the property or not less than 40 years from the date on which it was issued.".

This debate has been acrimonious and people watching it on television are probably annoyed and are asking what we are doing here but if we got realistic answers from the Minister at any stage to any of the direct questions we would not have half the number of arguments. I tabled amendments on all Stages of the Bill but that would not have been necessary if we got some clarity.

The Minister said earlier that the €50 charge is already in the primary legislation, which I accept, but because it is in the primary legislation it is much easier to add a zero to that figure at some stage. He said he might not do it but he may do it.

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