Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 10, lines 26 and 27, to delete “Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation” and substitute “Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment”.

This is very unusual legislation. It has 22 parts and has 11 different Government Ministers dealing with the legislation as a whole. I thank Opposition parties, in particular spokespeople, and the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating what is a very unusual approach to legislation albeit the most appropriate approach, given the complexity of the challenges that we face in the context of Brexit and I hope that we can work through this Bill with Ministers coming and going as they must deal with the sections that they are responsible for. That is 11 different Ministers potentially between now and 9.30 p.m. I want to recognise and thank the House for its co-operation.

These two amendments that I am dealing with are very straightforward and completely uncontroversial.

Amendment No. 1 is simply changing the title of the Minister which had been in the previous omnibus legislation from the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and to substitute the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Amendment No. 3 is doing the same. It is simply deleting "Minister for Justice and Equality" and substituting "Minister for Justice" which again is recognising the current ministerial title. These are two technical amendments and I assume that nobody will have any difficulty with them.

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