Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I concur with Senator John Gilroy that there is still quite an amount of confusion between what the advocate group has to say and what the Minister of State is telling the House. That is a matter of concern because from the information we were given by the people in this organisation, who are close to the legislation and the victims in this scenario, that they were told they had not properly parsed the legislation and its implications for the victims to the extent that they feel that the deal put on the table and the deal promised in the Quirk report is not being delivered upon shows there is a significant gap. According to the Minister of State's statement, they were wrong in their assertions. We will seek further clarification before Report Stage. We are a cosignatory to amendments Nos. 1 and 5. I propose to withdraw amendments Nos. 1 and 5 and seek to resubmit amendments around this issue on Report Stage.