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

I do not propose to accept amendment No. 12 as I consider the period of three months to be reasonable.

On amendment No. 13, it is not appropriate that one particular interest group, namely, the universities, should be consulted. I will, however, consider the second element of the amendment which proposes that the Minister should cause the observations of an tÚdarás, given under subsection (5), to be published. I would like to accommodate the Senator by publishing these observations and will ask my officials to examine whether it could be done. I hope to table a Government amendment on the issue on Report Stage.