Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If I understand this right, the Minister of State is removing the requirement of the Seanad amendment to have a definition of "household use". He is replacing it with a requirement to have a report that will be laid before the House. However, there is no action consequent on the completion on the report and its being laid before the House. What is the purpose then of the report? Is it that the Government may at that stage come back with an amendment to the legislation based on usage rather than a definition, as the Seanad amendment requires, of "household use" or is it just for the purposes of information? I am clear why the Minister of State is opposing the Seanad amendment but I am not clear on what he is intending to do with the report and its findings after the 12-month or 15-month period.

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