I move amendment No. 1:
In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:
"(2) This Act and the Air Navigation and Transport Acts 1936 to 1990 may be cited as the Air Navigation and Transport Acts 1936 to 2004 and shall be read together as one.".
I am disappointed, in light of discussions on Committee Stage last week, that the Minister for Transport has not considered any of the points made. He gave us to understand that he would examine them and, if necessary, table his own amendments. I was disappointed to see that he had no amendments on the list that was circulated today. To what extent is he not correcting the technical problems with this Bill that were pointed out on Committee Stage because he does not want the inconvenience of the Bill being referred back to the Seanad?
He indicated on Committee Stage that the Opposition made valid points and that he would correct the omissions in this Bill in a future eurozone Bill. That is bad practice. We should deal with each Bill on its merits to ensure it is as good as possible. That is the purpose of Committee Stage. It is bad practice not to deal with an obvious mistake or omission. It means an extra few hours and it would not be difficult to get the Seanad to schedule this Bill again.
The Minister should have been big enough to admit there were minor difficulties that should have been corrected. I have suggested that in page 3, between lines 15 and 16, we would correct a technical omission by inserting a collective citation with the existing Air Navigation Acts. We should amend the Bill along these lines.