I will speak to it. Amendment No. 11 suggests another way we can balance the need to respect people’s homes and land with the need to carry out the very important work under this Bill.

We welcome that and we closely followed the debate in the Dáil. I guess Senator Ruane, in tabling this amendment, was seeking to strengthen the rights of residents and for people to be able to carry out the essential work that needs to be carried out.

We are.

I move amendment No. 12: "In page 15, to delete lines 4 to 6."

I move amendment No. 13: "In page 15, to delete lines 8 to 23." I will withdraw this amendment and request to come back in on Report Stage.

I would be interested to hear if the Minister has a few words on the amendment for my own notes.

I move amendment No. 14: "In page 15, to delete lines 17 and 18."

I move amendment No. 15: "In page 15, line 21, after “recovered” to insert the following: “unless written consent is obtained from living relatives to excavate the appropriately buried remains”."

I move amendment No. 16: "In page 15, lines 22 and 23, to delete “or unreasonably difficult”."

In amendments Nos. 18 and 19, we are looking to remove the barriers to having conversations with the families and the survivors. I genuinely believe it is a simple ask. We want to delete the line in the Bill which says the Government may choose a certain memorial instead of other sites. Amendments Nos. 18 and 19 are very doable. We should be engaging with relatives and relevant people around us. It would be interesting to hear the Minister speak on this. We have already heard him speak to the grouping. It is a pity…

I move amendment No. 18: In page 15, to delete lines 31 to 34.

I move amendment No. 19: In page 15, to delete lines 31 to 34 and substitute the following: “(5) Where difficulties listed under subsection (4), or any other substantive difficulties, are identified in respect of a site which meets the criteria outlined in subsection (3), the Government shall make every effort to resolve difficulties and thoroughly examine burials on the land, before it is determined that memorialisation of the burials on the land, without further intervention, is more appropriate.”.

I move amendment No. 20: In page 15, lines 36 and 37, to delete “with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform”.

The aim of amendment No. 22 is to remove unnecessary conditions for examining a burial site by deleting all words after "buried collectively". The reason for this amendment is that those words are not necessary.

I move amendment No. 22: In page 16, lines 17 to 19, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 17 down to and including “place” in line 19.

I move amendment No. 24: In page 16, to delete lines 26 to 38 and substitute the following: “(3) In determining whether the making of an order under section 7(1), the Government shall consider whether the proposed intervention is proportionate having regard to the need to respect the views of the relatives of persons buried in the land, and to consider those of persons whose dwellings adjoin the land.”.

I move amendment No. 27: In page 16, to delete line 36.

I move amendment No. 28: In page 17, lines 23 and 24, to delete “, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,”.

I move amendment No. 29: In page 18, line 27, to delete “manifestly”.

I move amendment No. 30: In page 18, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(iii) arrange for the forensic excavation and recovery of human remains buried on principal burial land, where death may have occurred in a violent or unnatural manner, or suddenly and from unknown causes,”. I will withdraw this amendment but will come back on Report Stage.