Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I can help the Deputy out. It is traditional in Parliament that when Members put forward an amendment that imposes a charge on the Exchequer, that must come from somewhere within the existing Estimate, and that must be qualified. That is the long-standing tradition in this House, as I know from my years on the benches. As the other spokesman will readily acknowledge, there is no provision for making an amendment to a Bill that involves an extra raising of tax and an extension of a charge that goes outside the particular Estimate.

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