In accordance with Standing Order 85, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:
The Select Committee on Social and Family Affairs has completed its consideration of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004, and has made amendments thereto.
I thank the Minister and her officials for attending today's session and all my colleagues for their worthwhile and fruitful interventions and proposals at various Stages of what can be an extremely technical process with a technical Bill. I look forward to Report Stage when I hope the Minister will take cognisance of several matters raised and perhaps accede to some of the amendments tabled by my colleagues.