Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I move amendment No. 37:

In page 22, between lines 30 and 31 to insert the following:

"(a) The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Ireland,".

With the tolerance of the Cathaoirleach, before speaking to the amendment I note that we are being very lenient with the Minister. We accept his bona fides entirely and the need to advance the legislation whereas normally we would create a song and dance about the fact that he has not had time to bring the amendments before us which he said he would. We have all been involved in strenuous activities over the last week or so. As I pointed out on Committee Stage, the only problem is that when the Minister brings the amendments before the House, we will not debate them. We will either take them or leave them. While the Minister is being broadminded and we are having a useful discussion on the legislation which we are improving, it is not good practice simply to rely on coming back to the House to change the Bill again. I trust this will not arise again as the circumstances are slightly unusual.

The aims of amendments Nos. 37 and 39 are self-evident. We considered the provisions on Committee Stage when I was asked to put them forward for clarity and to be helpful. The Minister said he would consider the provisions in the context of what is necessary and he may be coming back to us with his own views later.