Barry Ward (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We may need to hear from the Minister of State at this stage. It was anticipated that amendments to section 1 would be proposed because in early course in the discussion on the Bill the Minister of State had identified that the Department felt there were drafting errors that needed to be corrected. I do not have difficulty with that. The suggestions were reasoned ones. As we came here today for the resumed Committee Stage, I expected to see Government amendments to make those corrections. That has not been done and I am not sure what the basis for that is because I have not had any correspondence from the Department on that. Perhaps the Minister of State might wish to address that.