Brendan Ryan (Labour)

The gist of the amendments is contained in this morning's newspapers, but they are not available in proper form in the House. I suggest the Government, or the Minister involved, has decided that the media is a more important forum than the Oireachtas in terms of discussing these amendments. That is as close to contempt for the House as a Minister can display. It is not impossible to deal with these matters rationally. The Leader has been reasonable about the timescale for dealing with this legislation. We had some misunderstandings, but we have reached a reasonable position and I thank the Leader for her capacity to deal with the Government yet again.