Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

As Senator Mansergh and I said on Committee Stage yesterday, the Long Title of the Bill is merely a descriptive term outlining what is contained in the Bill. What counts is what is in the body of the Bill itself. In the Irish version, the names of the bodies were inserted into section 6 of the Bill on Committee Stage in the Dáil in response, quite rightly, to Opposition amendments. On the basis of advice from the Parliamentary Counsel, I do not propose to amend the Long Title of the Bill.

I share Senator Ryan's interest in the Irish language but I think we are splitting hairs to a certain extent. I accept that it has been done in other Bills but this was the advice of the Parliamentary Counsel on this matter. It is in the Long Title of the Bill, which is the main thing. It is on page 1 of the Bill, as Senator Mansergh pointed out, and is also on the back page of the Bill, as was read out yesterday. The English description of what the Bill is all about is on the right-hand side, while the Irish description appears on the left-hand side. That is as far as I can go.