Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are dealing with personal insolvency practitioners in this amendment, which would enable us to get to Part 5. I thank Senator Byrne for bringing us back to the issue we should be addressing today. When we reach an amendment, Members will get the script I have, which should be of assistance as we go through the Bill. That is unusual but we will do the same when we get to a large amendment dealing with courts issues. Senators will have to forgive me if I do not stick rigidly to the script as other issues may occur. That should provide the background that I hope will make the process easier to follow.

I have not yet seen a Bill for which a new explanatory memorandum is produced for the amendments. There is a timing difficulty in that regard, as often the amendments are finalised only in the last few days before coming to the Seanad.