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Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 12 o’clock Is Deputy Cowen willing to give way to allow me hear two points of order?

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have very important business-----

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, Deputy Cowen. We have very important business to transact so we might try to avoid getting involved in political charges.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The next speaker is Deputy Pearse Doherty.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Minister, Deputy Pearse Doherty is the last Member offering.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will call the Minister to respond and conclude.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That concludes the Committee Stage deliberation on amendment No. 3a to amendment No. 55 therefore we must return to Report Stage.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before proceeding, I should point out that eight more Members wish to contribute. It is most important that everybody gets an opportunity to contribute, but there are 116 more amendments or groups of amendments to be considered. We must be conscious of the time available today, the job of work to be done and whether there will be a need to return on Monday to consider matters further. It...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am reluctant to interrupt the Deputy-----

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----but I must. What the Deputy is saying is very interesting but it more akin to a Second Stage contribution. We are on Report Stage and there is an obligation on us to focus on the specific amendments.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is not yesterday now, it is today and we are under certain pressures. There certainly would be a degree of latitude but I ask the Deputy to focus on the amendments rather than on the generality of the legislation.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy cannot go into that general discussion.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy is wandering.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy is wandering away from the amendments again.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Ellis. I am of the mind that we are still making Second Stage speeches. It might be helpful to the ongoing process if people would tell us which amendment they are speaking to. There are 18 in this group.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: There is a requirement, please, to focus on the amendment.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy's time is up.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: My apologies.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call Deputy Doherty. This is his second intervention.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call Deputy O'Dowd. Is this your second intervention?