Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

Yes, Deputy. Briefly, the first reason is that in accordance with the ruling of the Chair No. 138 from the third edition of 2006, an international agreement scheduled to a Bill is open to rejection by the House but because there is at least one other party to the agreement it is not subject to amendment. The second reason is the amendment seeks to negate the object of the Bill and therefore must be ruled out of order as being in conflict with the principle of the Bill as read a Second Time.

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