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

That is not a point of order. I know from my time in the House that an amendment must be made and one can have an amendment to an amendment and an amendment to an amended amendment but notice must have been received or indicated. The previous procedure was that these issues were dealt in committee and this arises out of Committee Stage. If it was intended to divide the amendment in the that fashion, that would need to have been flagged on Committee Stage.

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