David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister's position does seem reasonable to me and I hope, which underlines the need for a break between Committee and Report Stages because I would hate to think of the Minister finding himself in difficulty, that it would also include a situation where it would extend to everybody, given that Senator McDowell's argument seems quite good even though it is precluded on this amendment. It might be no harm to have everybody involved in this kind of training programme. The other consideration that could be taken into account in the Minister's amendment is that it could be made clear that these are not expenses to individuals but they are for a training programme under the aegis of the commission.