Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are two amendments to section 10 from Senator Alice-Mary Higgins. As outlined by the Minister of State, this section is about Ireland applying to access the funding through the European Union. Given the nature of the Bill, many of the measures are technical.As the Minister of State outlined, prescribing how the money should be spent is not part of the function of the Bill. That is why, regretfully, I had to rule amendment No. 1 out of order.

Amendment No. 2 is along similar lines in terms of being prescriptive regarding the funding to which we are seeking access. As such, I have ruled it out of order. I regret that I had to rule the amendments out of order. I will allow the Senator to speak briefly to the section.