Yes.

The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is a decent man. Tháinig a sheanathair ó Thiobraid Árann - The Caravansary used to be a pub. The Minister has great roots in the country. Anything I say to him is nothing personal. It is merely fundamentally opposed to what is happening in this Bill. This rushed legislation had very little pre-legislative scrutiny and a kind of a mad feverish element. One day last year in the Dáil, I think, a Thursday evening, many of us had gone home when the Dáil decided that we should have this c…

As leader of the group, I ask Deputy Bruton to withdraw his allegation. In actual fact, as I said earlier, we were not even notified of the committee meeting even though we had tabled 90 amendments. A journalist rang us but we were not notified.

Excuse me-----

Three Deputies attended.

On a point of order-----

Deputy Carol Nolan attended-----

Ask Deputy Bruton to correct the record.

No. It is a point of clarification. Three Deputies in our group, namely, Deputies Nolan, Michael Collins and Michael Healy-Rae, attended.

Three of our Deputies attended when we found out through a journalist that the meeting was taking place. We were not even told it was on. I know where the blame lies there. The clerk to the committee was very nice to us about it but it happened. I am asking Deputy Bruton to please correct the record in what he is saying. Three of our Deputies attended and dealt with all of our amendments.

He has to withdraw what he said.

Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle.

I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I appreciate his judgment and I value it. The Minister sounded very conciliatory. I said at the very start that I did not want anything to be personal, but he seems to be missing the point we are trying to represent that there are so many people he is not bringing with him. Ní neart go cur le chéile. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí. We want the young people to be involved and to help and, indeed, we admire them. However, there is so much confusion and so much fear. Why the rush, why the i…

I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, line 10, after "promote" to insert "social, economic and". I want to say how disappointed we are, as I said earlier, that we did not get proper time to debate this Bill fully, or any of our amendments or others. We have more than 90 amendments and there are more than 220 altogether. Is mór an trua é sin. As I say, we want to bring the people with us. The Minister is conciliatory in his tone tonight but, in reality, he is not doing that. The Minister is not making any effort to pla…

You can.

I am not going to speak because many Members want to speak and we are running out of time for all the amendments that are there. I have moved the amendment and I am merely saying it is disappointing that the Minister is steadfast. The Minister remains resolute that he will not accept any amendment - no matter what it is - except ones he himself brought forward to committee. That is a pity. As I said, we feel passionately. Of course, we have a duty to care for the environment in the first instance. We expect everyon…

I wish to object on the basis that we will have such a limited debate on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP. Our group will have six minutes, which will be inadequate for such a serious issue. The debate on fishing has also been pruned, although I know that is being done to allow for other important matters. Both of these industries are under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We need a proper, meaningful and thorough debate on CAP and its implications for Ireland and Irish …

It is slightly late.

The Taoiseach has abandoned them.

Not agreed.