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

I thank the Minister of State for his opening statement. I apologise for being late but I was with departmental officials going through the fine detail of the Planning and Development Bill. My head is still a little bit sore from the two hours and 45 minutes of that session.

Normally at this time of the year I am standing over here railing against the Government for introducing very significant and consequential amendments to existing legislation that we do not have time to scrutinise. I am delighted not to be in that position today. The two amendments are very straightforward and simple and we have no objection to them being taken in this manner.

On that basis, we are more than happy to support the motion. Members can obviously scrutinise the amendments when they get to those sections of the Bill. I put on record that I welcome the fact that this year it is different and may this last long into the future.

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