Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to Deputy Boyd Barrett's intervention, I was very willing to respond to the points raised on Second Stage. I was here for all of the Second Stage debate, as I should be when legislation of this importance is discussed. I listened to every Deputy and took note of what they said. I would have been in a position to respond. I want to put on the record of the House that I did not respond to the Second Stage debate because I was not permitted to rather than because I did not want to.

Before I address some of the issues which have been raised with regard to the opening section of this Bill, I would like to make a statement to the House. I would be obliged if, in accordance with Standing Order 196, the Chair would direct the Clerk to make the following versional corrections to the text of the Bill: on page 4, line 11, replace the word “parents” in “parents benefit” with “parent’s”, that is to say, to include an apostrophe between "parent" and "s"; on page 4 , line 16, the words in Irish should not be italicised; on page 9, line 32, insert the word “as” before the term "the first-mentioned employee" so that the sentence reads "referred to as the ‘the first-mentioned employee’"; on page 11, line 30, insert the word “the” before “Revenue Commissioners”; and on page 14, line 2, replace the term “made been” with “been made”.

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