Seanad debates

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages

 

5:20 pm

Photo of Feargal QuinnFeargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I understand the position. We debated this on Committee Stage as well. The Minister of State says that if that is to happen then it will come back to the House but what if it slips through and does not get seen or noticed? I am somewhat concerned about that. I can understand why the Minister of State says it is disproportionate and unwieldy and that the Parliament has a degree of oversight when it comes back the next time. However, I believe this was a worthy amendment to include and I believe the legislation would have been helped by it. Although the Minister of State has said this is common and normal, the fact remains that it must come back to the House and it would probably not be noticed as it is passed through as No. 1 or No. 2 on the Order Paper and we would not even see it.

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