Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senators will notice that I am bringing forward several dozen Government amendments today. The key point I would make about the Government amendments is that without exception they are all of a technical nature and do not in any way relate to new or changed policy. This is the first point that applies to every amendment I will propose today. The second point is that the vast majority of the amendments have been proposed by the drafters in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel who, having had some time since the publication of the Bill to review it and to conduct another very thorough quality assurance process on it, have found a few things they thought could be improved. These amendments have no material impact on the provisions of the Bill and I would ask Senators to please support them. This is the first group of amendments that are of a technical nature and are being brought forward for the purposes of drafting clarity and cohesion.