Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I concur with my colleagues. The ruling is inconsistent, contradictory and without rationale. Two bodies are mentioned in Deputy Daly's amendment and six in Deputy O'Callaghan's, but one amendment is allowed and the other is not. We have seen examples of this happening in other Bills, when it is asserted that there is an apparent charge on the Exchequer where there is none. This is not good enough. Under the Standing Orders, the matter is beyond this committee. The Chairman is given an instruction that he must underwrite, but whoever is accountable for such a decision should appear before the committee and the ruling should be debated beforehand.

I think it has to be rectified.