Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

If it is a routine legal procedure, why has it to be inserted in this way? Perhaps the Minister of State could explain that. It may well be simply a routine amendment that is inserted in legislation where property has to be registered or handed over.

I have some questions concerning amendment No. 15. Will the Minister of State explain what was the problem with the previous provision and the reason she is seeking this change? Will she spell out if she is extending the power of the State to recoup money from a resident or from his or her family? Is she trying to make it easier, even if there is not a mortgage in place, for the executive to go to the courts to recoup money that may be owed? I am not clear as to the reason the Minister of State proposes to make this change and what the financial impact of it will be on the families concerned. The Minister of State might explain that.

Has the Minister of State taken amendment No. 17 in this grouping?