David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said the Bill has been through the Dáil, it has been through Committee Stage in the Seanad and yet we have this astonishing number of amendments. The Minister said the Bill was presented as a framework only; it is a Bill, it should not be a framework. I do not want to hold up the debate but I want to express my reservations about the situation. Bills are presented as Bills subject to amendment but I have never heard of a Bill introduced as a framework only. I am not going to hold up the debate, we want to get into the discussion of the Bill but it is unusual.