Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Does he not accept that the concept of pre-consultation will be fatally undermined if substantive amendments emerge very late in the day which are contrary to anything advocated in advance and at the time of the publication of the Bill? This has happened very late in the day and even in the aftermath of the Second Stage debate.

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