That is fine.

I thank the Minister for his reply but we do not accept it. We are looking for recognition for the people who are sharing their experience. Seven months ago, I was contacted by a Traveller man who had been in a mother and baby home. He poured his heart out in completing the application form and sent it to the Minister's Department. He was in the institution for fewer than six months, however, and he said to me he has never felt more unworthy as he did as a result of being excluded from the scheme. He went through h…

I want to withdraw it for Committee Stage.

I am referring to Report Stage.

I will press the amendment.

I wanted a vote on amendment No. 27. I said I was pressing it.

I pressed it to a vote.

I appeal to the Acting Chairperson. We cannot stand by while people are not getting the bare minimum of recognition. Is there any other way around it?

I said I was pressing the amendment.

My intention will be set down on the record. How bitter could one possibly be to refuse to accommodate me in this way?

I move amendment No. 32: In page 25, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(4) Nothing in this section shall prejudice a person’s rights under the United Nations Convention against Torture.”.

As the Minister knows from the Committee Stage debate with Senator Higgins, we proposed to delete the part of the Bill that would force survivors to give up their rights to take legal action against the State when they accepted a payment under the scheme. These amendments were ruled out of order. As a compromise, amendments Nos. 32 and 35 would insert paragraphs providing for the prevention of anything in the scheme from damaging applicants' rights to justice and legal recourse or their rights under the UN conventi…

The Civil Engagement Group was very disappointed with the reply from the Department on amendment No. 34. To make a general point, to claim that emotional abuse is recognised in the Bill when it is not is a total insult, not to us as legislators who are trying to bring about a better Bill, one where people will get justice, but to the survivors. It is an absolute insult. I am not being smart, far from it, but the Minister is lying through his teeth saying it recognises emotional abuse when clearly it does not.

That is what it is. I have read it and so has the Civil Engagement Group. We have been here week after week and very few of our amendments have been accepted.

I am sorry; I cannot polish it up. It is what it is.

I am pressing it. I will call a vote on it.

I move amendment No. 35: In page 26, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(4) Nothing in this section shall prejudice a person’s rights under the United Nations Convention against Torture.” .

I move amendment No. 39: In page 27, line 22, after “practicable” to insert “and within 30 days”.

First, I am sorry for a comment I made earlier to the Minister. I would like to withdraw it. I am genuinely sorry. This is one of only two time-related amendments that we introduced. This amendment is very moderate. It simply asks that decision-making officers should not take any longer than 30 days to notify the HSE that a person is entitled to an enhanced medical card under the scheme. It is hard to think of a reason it would take more than 30 days to simply send a communication to the HSE. We must take all the s…

No.