Brendan Kenneally (Fianna Fail)

I move:

That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Maritime Safety Bill 2004 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.

I would like to thank the Minister of State for coming here today. This Maritime Safety Bill, since it was first presented in the Seanad, has undergone a complete metamorphosis into its finished form. It is far better legislation now than when first introduced and I thank everyone for their input into it. I previously thanked the Minister and his official Mr. Tobin for the briefing documentation they gave us and they came up trumps again today. If everybody did that, it would certainly make our lives here much easier and facilitate the expeditious passage of legislation.