Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am in agreement with Senator Kyne that there is a significant amount of amendments that could, in fact, form legislation in and of themselves. Many of the amendments have been submitted without any real consultation or scrutiny. I suppose there is a concern in that regard.

It is not the Minister of State's fault but we have only received the groupings of these amendments in the last 15 minutes before coming into the Chamber. With such a large volume of amendments to try and sort to make sure the session is as efficient as possible, it is difficult to receive groupings 15 minutes beforehand to make sure that one is ready walking into the Chamber. That has to be noted. Some leeway should be provided for at least the first part of the session until we manage to get all our own notes into the same format in which we are expected to regarding the groupings.