Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister to the House and formally congratulate him on his reappointment which I was very pleased to see. The country needs a strong and effective Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and it has one in Deputy McDowell. He has a lot of work under way and continuity is very important. I am not sure whether it is in order to discuss the Opposition amendment to the motion since it has fallen but if I were drafting amendments——