Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

I am making a point of order. The record of the House clearly shows that amendment No.3 was passed yesterday. It was called out by the Leas-Ceann Comhairle no less than three times. The Leas-Ceann Comhairle then said that amendment No. 3 was agreed. It was agreed and there was no dissent whatsoever and no comment from the Government side. When there is no comment and no dissent, that is an agreement. The record of the House shows that.

A Cheann Comhairle, you are here to protect the interests of all Members. After passing amendment No. 3, we then moved on to the next amendment, which was ruled out of order and we are now coming to amendment No. 5. Unless you are making up a new rule-----

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