Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I wish to draw to the attention of the House my proposal to insert a reference to the word "approved" in the general definitions contained in section 2 of the Bill. This is purely a textual amendment which arises directly as a consequence of the amendment I propose to insert in section 56 to deal with practice by trainee veterinary practitioners and trainee veterinary nurses. The insertion in section 2 merely provides a necessary cross-reference to the definition of what constitutes an approved programme of education in section 62.

I will deal with the substantive amendment to section 56 at the appropriate time. I also propose to make related amendments in a number of other sections, namely, sections 43(2), 45(2) and 45(8), 62, 80(1), 96(2) and 97(2), as well as in Schedule 3, paragraph 8. The purpose of each of these amendments is simply to align the language used in the Bill when describing courses of education or further education so that different terms are not used to describe the same item.