Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We dealt with these amendments on Committee Stage and on the day, the Minister of State withdrew them to give us an opportunity to engage with his officials, which we have since done. We had more than an hour of engagement with them last week on the Bill. We would not support them on Committee Stage because they contained wording of amendments inserted by Senator Higgins in the debate in the Seanad but having discussed it with the Minister of State's officials and got the explanation as to the reason he wished to remove them now, we are satisfied that we are in a position to support the three amendments.

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