Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

Gabh mó leithscéal as a bheith déanach. Bhíos ag vótáil sa Dáil. I am taking Committee Stage on behalf of my colleague the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, who has another commitment. As has been explained previously, the amendments in this instance are mainly technical in nature.

The aim of amendment No. 1 is to delete line 18 and substitute the following: "23.-(1) The date of filing of a patent application shall be". The purpose of this editorial amendment is to insert the title of the section into the section, as amended.