Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

My comment is to do with the long list of amendments to section 3. Normally, there are certain textual Government amendments made to a Bill, but it strikes me there is an inordinate number for section 3. Does this indicate any deficiencies within our drafting system, given that subsequent to the publication of the Bill so many textual amendments were proposed? Perhaps it does not but I would welcome some reassurance in respect of that point. I have never seen so many Government amendments to one section before. I appreciate it might signal a desire to have the Bill expedited and on the Statute Book. However, if concerns in this area were not picked up subsequent to publication, it could mean the legislation might encounter difficulty down the line.