Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are issues of concern to do with human rights, but I wish to focus particularly on the proposed amendments.

Amendment No. 7 is a Government amendment which seeks to remove a superfluous cross-reference to subsection (1). A similar response can be given on amendment No. 2 which deals with the qualifications framework. The definitions and terminology used to describe the awarding powers of an eligible applicant are satisfactory. Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 deal with definitions, particularly the use of the word "person". I am advised that it is the appropriate legal term and incorporates what we are talking about, despite the Senator's concerns about the use of the word "person".