Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The amendment seeks to delete the definition of "increments" in section 1(2). It is a simple but essential element of the legislative proposal for increments in section 7. The Parliamentary Counsel has set out clearly what is the incremental scale and this cuts through much of the rhetoric about it. The legislation sets out an essential definition of "increments", which are dealt with later in the Bill and are an essential part of its architecture.