Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What is amazing is that the note to the amendment reads, "For the information of Senators, the text proposed to be deleted above was inserted by amendment 90 at Committee Stage in the Seanad." Are we going around in circles? It is confusing, to say the least. We made an amendment to this section a week or ten days ago and now we are deleting it. There is a quagmire of confusion. I do not want to add to the Minister's woes, but that there has been a substantial number of votes is understandable. I have been in the Oireachtas for nearly 20 years and I have never seen a Bill so often amended and re-amended in the same House. I made my comments on Second Stage and am concerned that the end product, whether we get it next week, this week or whenever, will be a cause for great confusion and be a source of joy and exploration for many lawyers in the Four Courts.