Averil Power (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We will be looking at completely different wording and a range of other issues not related to section 37, such rent supplement. It is an unusual situation. Senator Zappone and I have not pushed amendments today and instead will seek to resubmit them. This will be somewhat complicated by the fact that if we do not have sight of the actual wording of the Government amendments prior to Report Stage deadline, then we will be writing in a vacuum in terms of even paragraphs and line numbers. That will be very difficult for us. I know the Minister of State did not want to publish the Report Stage amendments or that, technically, the House could not publish any Report Stage amendments until we had concluded Committee Stage but I know they have been drafted and the text is ready to go. I ask that they be submitted well in advance of the deadline and that they are circulated to members so we have a chance to look at the text, or even just the layout of the text, before drafting our amendments. Otherwise, we cannot do our business in a sensible way. That is a technical request.