Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On an issue of process, I have just received a list of the amendments. My amendment No. 3 on the issue of free-to-air television has been ruled out and is no longer on the schedule. The Minister heard the arguments on the part of just about everyone who spoke that this was a critical issue and that some of them would support it. Will he outline why that amendment has not been accepted? Perhaps it is the Clerk who decided this. Why has this been ruled out? I think television rights are central to the issue and I am astounded it has not been accepted as an amendment.

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