Brendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I tend to agree with the two previous speakers. We will not change Standing Orders today but we should air the matter a little. If, for example, we were dealing with a education and training (amendment) Bill, that is, we were changing something that already existed, then there might be a case for saying the amendment would involve an additional charge, but where we are setting something down for the first time and setting out a way of dealing with this, everything that is included in the Bill is a charge on the Exchequer in the first instance. If we are setting something down on an initial basis, it is odd that we should be ruling out amendments on that basis.