Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief because I want to speak to some of the same issues, but I will speak them under section 7 because that is where a lot of the detail about the transition is. We have to do more to make it just.

I refer to this section because it is around the animal welfare component. I would note that this the Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. A Bill on animal welfare does not come through very often in the Oireachtas. The Minister of State knows how it is to get things on the legislative schedule. Therefore, I would urge her to consider the points on animal welfare that Senators Boylan, Gavan and others have put forward and to consider bringing forward her own amendment in respect of this. If it is a miscellaneous Act and relates to animal welfare, then it is an opportunity to address this kind of outlying issue in terms of commercial public farming and so forth. It is just a chance to address that. I ask the Minister of State to consider if she can do that because it is a chance. I will speak to the other issue when it comes to section 7.