David Norris (Independent)

This is unsatisfactory. It is the responsibility of the Minister of State's Department to present a complete Bill to the Seanad. While I am sorry to have to say this because I know he is working hard on this, as are his staff, the Minister of State has produced an incomplete Bill, which is not appropriate. I repeat that the Minister of State is attributing to the Dáil functions that properly accrue to Seanad Éireann. This Bill should be presented in this Chamber in full with all its working parts and not left as a kind of half moth-eaten document to be completed by the Dáil. It is not painting by numbers.