David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would like to request a little bit of information of a technical nature from the Minister. I accept completely the renumbering and all the rest of it. In the normal course of events we would just let this legislation slide through but we are not prepared to do that at the moment. I seek clarification for myself on the following. I noticed that hash marks were included in the amendment which says: "inserted by amendment 58# .... in accordance with section 49##". In some cases there are up to four or five hash marks inserted. Does a hash mark indicate the number of times an amendment has been amended? What is the purpose of a hash mark in this instance?