Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

The amendment appears to be very substantial but is merely a restatement of sections 18, 19 and 20 of the 1992 Act, as was extensively amended by the 2000 Act. This was necessary to improve the law's coherence. In each case, the opportunity was taken to substitute "personal flotation devices" for "life jackets" and to provide for prohibition by regulation of towing anything from or by vessels, except fishing nets by fishing vessels which was not included, and to regulate the number of persons who may be carried. This was covered under various subsections of sections 18 and 19. The opportunity was taken to substantially amend the Bill. I give credit to Members of this House who raised many of the issues and practicalities that they had experienced in the midlands or elsewhere. This was all-embracing.

The Leader of the House, Senator O'Rourke, referred to the inland waterways. When amending the Bill, we took the opportunity to include Waterways Ireland which we could not have done previously. However, due to the fact that——