James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will address amendment No. 1 first. This is a technical amendment to amend the Long Title of the Bill in order to provide for the abolition of the defence of reasonable chastisement by way of an amendment to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, as proposed in amendment No. 2.

As amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are being taken together-----