Barry Ward (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 6, to delete line 16 and substitute the following: “(i) by the deletion of “against”, and”.

Fáiltím freisin roimh na páistí ó Holy Child. It is great to see the interest of students to come to Leinster House because, at the end of the day, this is a building that belongs to them, and everything we do here is with the aim of improving lives for them, their families and everybody else. It is wonderful to see students who are interested in coming in. I know Holy Child Secondary School very well and have been there on a number of occasions. I am delighted to see the students here and they are very welcome.

The amendments I have brought forward are largely technical and even grammatical in many respects. One of the things I would say generally about this legislation is that it is amending legislation and the European arrest warrant legislation has been amended before. It is very difficult to read this Bill without also having the Bill it is amending alongside it. One of the points I always make in the context of amending legislation is that for anybody coming to read a Bill, even when it is an Act, it is impossible to read it without the other one.I would much rather see the Government bring forward legislation that essentially consolidated the amended legislation and repealed it so that we have a Act that could be read easily by anybody coming to it rather than legislation that makes reference to subsections and paragraphs in the amended legislation and makes it absolutely illegible for anybody who does not have access to all the legislation. That said, however, the amendments I have brought forward essentially make what I consider to be appropriate corrections either to the format, grammar or syntax of a paragraph, including punctuation, which make it more legible and correct in some instances. I do not propose to go into the details of each one of them. They are technical in nature and I am submitting them. I will withdraw amendment No. 2 on the basis that it might be resubmitted on Report Stage.