Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I find the procedure the Minister is going through extraordinary. In response to our amendment he said he was prepared to provide for a six-month lead-in period, but why is the Government amendment not before us? The procedure is that the Minister should table an amendment outlining that he accepts a six-month provision. I appreciate he has gone some of the way, but the procedure he has adopted is extraordinary. He has made a speech which has not been circulated to Members on what he will introduce in the Dáil and given us the wording of the amendments.