Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Now that the coalition negotiations are continuing, I want to say that we have not put forward amendments to the Bill because those we put forward in the Dáil were ruled out of order because they were a charge on the Exchequer. I do not wish to delay the House. We made the points on Second Stage about why we are opposing this Bill. We will oppose it section by section. We may have supported the amendment tabled by Senator Healy Eames, which was also ruled out of order. I think this is wrong.

I would like to remind the Senator who was in coalition negotiations that the previous Government did adjust this, but in a much more fair way.