Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It has been argued that my ministerial direction is sitting back, that it is a radical change for me to come in and delete an amendment that was part of Committee Stage and that the ministerial direction will mean nothing in terms of the arguments of the Senators. I know Senators are appreciative of going back and forth in respect of my office and the Seanad Office in trying to come to the place where I would come here with an amendment to the amendment as distinct from a deletion and arguing that we should do something else. I do not accept that this is a radical change. I accept that it has to do with an aspect of the process of law making. I do not think one would necessarily argue that, in principle, every deletion of an amendment that happens on Committee Stage-----