Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

This is the first occasion on which I have been charged with guiding substantive legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas. The process relating to Committee Stage in this House was absolutely excellent. The Bill was scoped out in a way which I did not anticipate and which was very useful. We are all on the same page in respect of the issue under discussion and I have accepted the principle behind the amendment. We will find a way to ensure that provision is made in respect of this matter in the legislation. The two Houses will act in unison in respect of this matter and I do not believe there is any division in terms of our motivation with regard to it. No discourtesy is intended by my stating that the amendment is accepted, in principle, and that it will be transposed into the legislation in the Dáil.