Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

That might be so, but section 6 is designed to put into the Act what is set out in Article 13(2) and I do not want to be seen by Westminster to be redrawing the agreement or adding new portions to it at this stage, having so recently signed it in the company of the British ambassador. It might be regarded as not quite the done thing to agree to an amendment which in effect would amend Article 13(2). I have slightly better news for Senator Hayes regarding the next amendment and I ask him to withdraw this one.