John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)

I must interrupt the Deputy. The Chair has no jurisdiction whatsoever in respect of order in the matter of Seanad amendments. That is a constitutional position. In debating amendments such as this, the Member is confined to the amendment and may refer to the section only in so far as it is affected by the amendment. Discussion, in effect, is extremely limited and is confined to the acceptance or the rejection of the amendment concerned. I have no discretion in that.

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