Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will speak to the amendment. It seems strange to me that we spent a long time in the Dáil going through this Bill, yet we have so many amendments coming back from the Seanad. The Bill has been before the Government for a long time, since we sat down with the Labour Party and discussed it. Perhaps the Minister of State might explain why so many amendments were put by the Department to the Seanad and we are now back discussing it.

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