Senator Tuffy raised the question of the Labour Party's input into the legislation. The Minister acknowledged, both in the Dáil and the Seanad, that the Labour Party had helped to improve the shape of the legislation. However, what the Senator said rather defeats her other argument because the Labour Party made a number of considered amendments, suggestions and proposals, some of which the Government accepted. The Labour Party seemed to understand this very well, which implies there was ample time to study the legislation quite closely and get a good grasp of it. In the Dáil Deputy Costello objected to the first amendment in the name of the Minister. He said he did not have time to study it, yet he was able to table 30 amendments.