Feargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I support what Senator Barrett has said. These amendments have been tabled in order to help the Minister. The Minister has experience of the Seanad herself and knows that we are not all that uppity - although we are a little bit uppity - as to believe that if we initiate a Bill in this House it is a pity to take it away and have it changed in the other House. That is the way things go on, however. I would prefer to see changes made here to a Bill that is initiated here. I did not think there was a need for a huge rush to get this particular Bill through, but there probably is. The Royal College of Surgeons certainly requires that.

The two amendments before us are certainly worthy of consideration. I hope the Minister will consider them, if not in this House, then when the Bill reaches the Dáil.