Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is a Seanad Bill that has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 103, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister of State may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil, and that is looked upon as the report of the Dáil amendments to the Seanad. For Senators' convenience, I have arranged for the printing and circulation of those amendments and their proposed grouping. The Minister will deal separately with the subject matter of each related group of amendments. Senators may contribute once on each grouping, and I remind them that the only matters that may be discussed are the amendments made by the Dáil.

There is a typographical error in the list of amendments that I wish to bring to Members' attention. It is an error in the printed list of amendments made by the Dáil. Amendment No. 46 should read as follows: "In page 22, line 21, after "2005"," etc.