Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, to the House and thank her for attending.

This is a Seanad Bill that has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 148, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister of State may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil. This is looked upon as the report of the Dáil amendments to the Seanad. For Senators' convenience, I have arranged for the printing and circulation to them of those amendments.

The Minister of State will deal separately with the subject matter of each related group of amendments. I have also circulated the proposing groups to the House. A Senator may contribute once on each grouping, of which there are seven. I remind Senators that the only matters that may be discussed are the subject matter of each grouping of amendments made by the Dáil.