John Ellis (Fianna Fail)

The Minister of State said in his reply that we cannot make any change to the commission's recommendations. I accept totally that we do not have that right due to the independent nature of what has been recommended. However, that is not when the crisis arose. The crisis arose at the outset when the commission's terms of reference were not adhered to. The Bill is before the House but it is based on a flawed commission report, flawed because it did not take into consideration all the options. It took the specific decision to have 166 Members and this was confirmed to the House by the Minister. If this is the case the commission report, on which sections of the Bill are based, is flawed. That has been my point since day one and since the Minister informed the House of that fact.