Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Members and the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, back to the House. The Minister could nearly be a Senator, given that he has spent so much time in the House in the last while.

On a matter of procedure, the substance of the debate on Committee Stage is the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment which is contained in the Schedule to the Bill. The sections of the Bill are merely technical. Therefore, in accordance with long-standing practice, consideration of the sections is postponed until consideration of the Schedule has been completed, which is the opposite of what normally happens. Is that agreed? Agreed.