Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

I am very grateful for the assistance of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle in this regard and I sprang to my feet on this occasion because I noticed that amendment No. 6 was not listed in the grouping. I was afraid that someone less benign than the Leas-Cheann Comhairle might indicate to me that I had lost the opportunity to make a case for my amendment. I am very happy to wait if I can give more fulsome arguments for the inclusion of amendment No. 6 when we finish with amendment No. 5. If that is the advice of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle then I am delighted to accept it.

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