Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Senator McDowell's amendment is a sensible one and it addresses some of the issues in section 46. All Members would bow to Senator Norris's expertise in grammar, but even before he spoke, the grammar of section 46 had been bothering me. We have already voted on Senator McDowell's amendment No. 91h, which would have deleted the word "firstly" which, grammatically, is not used correctly in the section. There are more serious problems with the section than its grammar. Clearly, there is, at least, a requirement for a further comma after "section 44".