Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Following the debate on this issue on Committee Stage, I thought many people's concerns had been met. I also understand that the council has indicated it is happy with amendments that have already been made. Regarding amendments Nos. 34 and 36, the concerns expressed by the Senators have been substantially addressed by the amendments we introduced on Committee Stage. According to the legal advice available to me, the term "regularly" is not sufficiently precise. Therefore, I am not in a position to accept the amendments. We have addressed previous concerns in the changes we made on Committee Stage.