David Norris (Independent)

I believe these amendments may be dealt with expeditiously. One or two I will withdraw but I look forward to the Minister of State, as she indicated on Committee Stage, being in a position at least to accept the principle and perhaps supply her own wording for some of the amendments. Preparatory to that, I received a communication that suggests some sections of the Bill have been changed since our last discussion. The communication came from concerned proprietors of nursing homes, who indicated the changes were made without consultation either with them or the Oireachtas. When it comes to that point, perhaps I shall refer to that again.

Also, I regret the Bill does not deal completely with some of the situations that were referred to. I say this particularly because coming here today I was, once more, solicited half a dozen times, and by a charming young woman on one occasion who said, "Hello, my name is Kerry and have you thought of contributing to" such and such. I replied that I had not and that I was not going to while indicating that we were talking about this today in the Seanad. I know the Minister of State has indicated that the Garda will be given the right to license flag days and so on, but in my view they should be confined to one day for every major charity.

In any event, the amendment refers to page 8, line 8, after "thereof," to insert "identified in the care needs assessment as necessary," and I understand I will have an opportunity to come back on this, when I have heard the Minister of State's response.