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- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: As amendments Nos. 4 to 10, inclusive and amendment No. 18 are related, and as amendments Nos. 5 to 10, inclusive, are physical alternatives to amendment No. 4, amendments Nos. 4 to 10, inclusive and amendment No. 18 may be discussed together. If amendment No. 4 is agreed, amendments Nos. 5 to 10, inclusive, cannot be moved.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: I call on Senator Mac Lochlainn. Once the Minister of State comes back in, there cannot be further debate.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: I understand from the Clerk that they physically overlap. If the Government amendment is agreed, it removes the provisions the other amendments address.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: I understand that if this amendment is agreed, then all this block falls.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: That is the expert advice.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: If amendment No. 4 is agreed, it removes the text the other amendments in question address.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Let us suppose the Government amendment that has been moved and on which the Minister spoke is agreed. Let us suppose the House agrees to that.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: I ensured the Government amendment was moved and that was my duty. The amendment deletes lines 18 to 39 on page 14 and lines 1 to 8 on page 15. If the amendment is agreed to, all those lines will be gone.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: My learned Clerk tells me that it is addressed-----
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: I know what you are saying. There is some logic to your argument, Senator. However, the amendment you have tabled later in this group refers to certain lines.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: It is not necessarily line numbers, but certain sections and line numbers. If those lines are gone, which is purpose of the Government amendment, then your subsequent amendments have no function. They are already gone, provided the Government amendment is agreed to.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: The Clerk has said he will talk to you later if you want to go through it.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Is the amendment agreed?
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 5 to 10, inclusive, cannot be moved.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 11 to 17, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Is Senator Mac Lochlainn seconding amendment No. 11?
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Yes. The amendments are grouped. Nobody will be allowed to speak again on them, except the proposer.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Does Senator Higgins wish to respond? She moved the amendments.
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Before I call the Minister of State, I welcome to the Visitors Gallery seven lovely young people who are studying for their masters degrees in Queen's University, Belfast. They are doing a project as part of their placement in Stormont. I am sure some of my colleagues would be interested in something similar happening in this Parliament. I met the delegation earlier today. I hope they...
- Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Denis O'Donovan: Does the Senator wish to move amendment No. 13?