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- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: I ask the Senator to stick to the amendment, please.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Good advice.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Let us do that and deal here with these amendments now, please.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Without interrupting anybody on both sides, can Senator Malcolm Byrne just stick to the amendments now and let us continue on with the debate, please.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Before we get into this-----
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: What I would say to Senator Malcolm Byrne is that if he will not-----
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: That is a point well made. Especially when I am in the Chair, we will not have any Senator being interrupted because it is important that everyone has their chance to speak and we will stick to the amendments. Let us stick to the amendments. I ask Senator Malcolm Byrne to finish off his point now, please, because Senator Dolan would like to make a contribution afterwards.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Let us do that then.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: That is a point well-made and accepted.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Is that happening now?
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: We will keep an eye on it.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Amendment No. 43 in the name of Senators Higgins, Ruane, Flynn and Black arises out of committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 43 and 44 are related. Amendment No. 44 is a physical alternative to No. 43. Amendments Nos. 43 and 44 may be discussed together, by agreement.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: A vote is being called in the Dáil. Does the Minister of State want me to suspend the sitting in order that he can attend the vote?
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: We will keep going and the Minister of State can give me the nod when he needs to leave. Amendments Nos. 71 and 72 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 70. Amendments Nos. 46 to 51, inclusive; 68, 70 to 72, inclusive, and 149 to 154, inclusive, may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: I am sorry to interrupt, but the Minister of State has to leave to attend the vote in the Dáil.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Amendment No. 46 is in the name of Senators Higgins, Ruane, Flynn and Black.We have changed the groupings. As I understand it, amendments Nos. 46 to 51, inclusive, 68, 70 to 72, inclusive, and 149 to 154, inclusive-----
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Let us just stick to the amendments as best we can. With due respect, the Senator is giving a Second Stage speech.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Yes, we are. The point I was going to make after a very fair point from Senator Gavan is that we are on amendment No. 1. I have probably given a little bit too much latitude for people to discuss matters outside the amendments-----
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: If the Senator would just let me finish. I have given people a great deal of latitude. I will not do that from now on. Senator Keogan is last up, and then we will move on to new amendments. We are finishing at 3.20 p.m., so brevity is key in order for everybody to get in.