Registration of Wills Bill amendment
Leyden pressed his amendment to take Report and Final Stages of the Registration of Wills Bill 2016, arguing the Bill had already progressed far enough. The Leader opposed it on procedural grounds, the Chair noted no amendments had been tabled, and Lawlor’s separate amendment to take No. 19 before No. 1 was agreed.
It is indeed because the Bill has already gone through Committee Stage and other Stages previously and there is no reason it cannot be progressed now. I have communicated with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty-----
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-----but I am disappointed she has not communicated with me about this Bill. There is a resistance to it somewhere along the line.
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On a point of order, it was listed on the schedule for Committee Stage and that did not give people a chance to deal with Report Stage if they wanted to do that. That is another reason we should oppose the proposed amendment.