Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

They can be reintroduced as amendments in the Seanad. In this situation it is obviously over to the Minister to consider how he is going to approach matters as the Bill goes to the Seanad. The amendments we are talking about here can be reintroduced. We cannot predetermine how the Seanad will address those amendments. Obviously the Senators will be briefed on what has transpired here. We have embarked on a process and, with the best will in the world, I do not think we can abandon it at this stage. We have to see it through to its conclusion. The Bill will inevitably present challenges both to the Minister and to the Seanad in terms of its arrival there. The Deputy is right. If the Bill is further amended in the Seanad, it will have to return to us. An extraordinary set of circumstances obtains here but we have to work our way through it. Perhaps the Minister will give us some advice on the matter.

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