David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

If I may intervene in advance of a vote, could I ask the Minister, in order to avoid a division, to give an undertaking to examine the possibility of putting into legislation the single specific case he instanced in the first place and to forget about all the hypothetical ones? They can be dealt with later. Were the Minister to narrow the provision to the specific case he has in mind, the House would be prepared to live with that but otherwise, there will be a vote. That would be a real pity because it has been a relatively agreeable debate. While the Minister and Members have locked horns, had different opinions and so on, the Minister has undertaken to reconsider certain matters. I would be grateful were he to consider doing the same in this instance. Otherwise, I am afraid it will be a vote and that is redundant because the Government will win the vote. As there is no question about that, it is rather an empty exercise.