Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

In light of what Senator Zappone has pointed out in her question about amendment No. 4, I would point out that there is a facility for us on Report Stage, under Standing Order 126, to recommit specific Report Stage amendments if the House believes there has not been sufficient time to deal with them because they were not before us on Committee Stage. That might be the appropriate point for the Minister of State to make the more detailed response on some of the questions that have been raised in this debate. I am conscious that the only text we have before us is the text of the specific amendments, amendment Nos. 4 and 7, which we are debating, and then the other amendments, amendments Nos. 8 to 12, inclusive. Any more detailed debate on the text of the Government amendments should wait until we have those amendments before us. I think that would be more helpful.