Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

On a point of order, when I was speaking to amendment No. 1, I assumed the amendments that were grouped with it would have had something to do with changing the title to NUIG. On receiving the list of groupings, I realise that even the Minister's amendment No. 15, which she shares with me, has also been grouped, as have some of the other amendments which propose to change the substance of section 1(3). For example, the Green Party's amendment was grouped with mine, whereas the Fine Gael amendment was not, even though they are practically the same. I object to the groupings because we should have an opportunity to debate the amendments. While I am happy to group the amendments that relate to the title "NUIG", I do not agree with grouping the other amendments that deal with the substance of section 1(3).

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