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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: The Minister will now respond to Deputy Doherty.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 86 is a Government amendment. Amendments Nos. 86 to 102, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 104 to 163, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Thank you.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We are dealing with amendments Nos. 86 to 102, inclusive, and 104 to 163, inclusive. These include all of the section 88 Government amendments.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We will discuss them together and we will move them one by one.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We started with the Minister's amendment No. 86. I invite Deputy Boyd Barrett to come in on amendment No. 87, which is to be discussed with this grouping.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Doherty has an amendment in this grouping, No. 163. Does he wish to speak about it?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: For the record, in case anybody tuned in late, I do not have a company.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: To which part of the Bill are we referring now?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I will try to clear some of these amendments and get through them, if possible.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: There is nobody present to press amendment No. 92, so it falls.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 103 is ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We resume on section 56, amendment No. 60, which is in the names of Deputies Mattie McGrath, Nolan, O'Donoghue, Michael Healy-Rae, Michael Collins and Danny Healy-Rae. Is there anybody present to move the amendment? As there is not, the amendment falls.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We are nearly there.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 164 and 165 have already been discussed.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Okay. The question is then-----