Paudie Coffey (Fine Gael)

I appreciate the Minister's response. I am pleased he has listened and I trust he will introduce amendments on Committee Stage in Dáil Éireann. We would have preferred the amendments to be tabled in Seanad Éireann and we flagged our difficulty with this matter at an early stage, some weeks ago in the discussion on Second Stage. It is important that Ministers and officials give due recognition to the contributions of Senators to be fair to the Seanad and the input from Senators on all sides. Where genuine concerns are raised concerning legislation we would appreciate if the amendments could be introduced to this House. However, I am willing to accept the thrust of the Minister of State's comments and we will not press the amendment.