Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

This amendment proposes that, "The Minister shall, within 2 months of the enactment of this Act, report to the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection on the progress made in establishing a register of Irish citizens that have died abroad". I have no problem. If the Senator wants me to report progress, all he has to do is table a motion for the Adjournment or on Private Members' time and I shall come in at any time. In terms of a technical amendment, it is superfluous.

I have gone to considerable bother, one of the families is in my constituency and-----