Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am out of practice procedurally. What is the strict rule with regard to amendments that are ruled out of order where one has received correspondence from the committee Chair but one wishes to push back on that correspondence?

I am not trying to put the Chair on the spot but one of my own amendments, No. 24, was ruled out of order on the grounds that it would impose a charge on the Revenue. I accept that but what if we wanted to speak more broadly in the hope that the Minister would respond to the content of an amendment? I accept that amendment No. 18 has been ruled out of order but I would love the Minister to engage on the issue inherent in the amendment.