Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Amendment No. 39 is a technical drafting amendment that proposes to incorporate in section 5(6) the phrase "is eligible to be served", which was omitted from the printed version of the Bill.

Amendment No. 38 tabled by Senator Paddy Burke pertains to the same issue as Government amendment No. 39. I am advised by the parliamentary draftsman that the Government amendment has the appropriate wording to remedy this omission. Hence, while both amendments are trying to achieve the same objective, the draftsman has informed me that amendment No. 38 will remedy the matter and will suffice.