Paudie Coffey (Fine Gael)

I acknowledge the Minister's response, which is quite positive considering what he stated earlier. In light of that fact, we are happy to withdraw the amendment in the hope that the sentiment of it at least will be addressed on Report Stage in a Government amendment. We will wait and see but we reserve the right to resubmit the amendment on Report Stage.

The Minister said the working group took five years and that everybody knew about the legislation. I would have hoped that the Government parties would have had their houses in order and tabled their amendments so we could debate them properly on Committee Stage. It is a shame to have Government amendments introduced on Report Stage when we cannot interact on them. I hope communication lines between the Government parties on this important Bill can improve.