Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will take up that point, as perhaps Senator Barrett made it more eloquently than I did. Although I do not wish to speak for Senator Byrne, it seems the purpose of his amendment and the Government amendment is to acknowledge that trying to fit sports clubs into the bracket of a community hall is an outdated process. We will have the debate later but, ultimately, at the end of this debate the legislation will be a better and clearer on what is the position regarding a sports club, commercial activity or a rateable premises.