Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I did not put forward any amendments because I wanted to achieve consensus first. Senator Daly took some of my draft amendments on which we were consulting and tabled them as his own. I find that odd. It is not the way to do business. We deliberately did not circulate the amendments because we had been consulting Senator Daly and the deaf community. We then delivered a shared copy of the draft amendments to all Members. In the interests of transparency and respect for Senators, we felt that all Members should see the draft amendments. That was my position. I was trying to get consensus and I was engaging with the deaf community, Gerry McGuire and my staff-----