David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I compliment the Minister and his officials. They were very courteous in receiving us. At least we can say that the matters, which were the subject of the amendments, have been discussed at some length, that the attention of the Department has been drawn to the issues involved and, to a large extent, satisfactory discussions took place. I thank the Minister. It is important that we do not hold this Bill up any more. We ventilated the issues that we were concerned about, which is the responsibility of us as Members of the Seanad, and I am glad that we have fulfilled that purpose. Even though amendments have not been accepted the issues have been put on the record.