Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 2 proposes to amend section 2 of the Bill, which provides that where a Government proposes to initiate legislation which amends the ownership structure of Irish Water there must be a resolution from both Houses of the Oireachtas, and that the proposal would be submitted to referendum.

The amendment seeks to insert new text providing that within three months of the passing of the Act the Government must introduce a constitutional amendment. The current Bill does not propose to amend the Constitution. The amendment is in conflict with the principle of the Bill as read a Second Time, and must, therefore, be ruled out of order in accordance with Standing Order 131. I am moving on, with the co-operation of the House, to amendment No. 3.

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