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- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, 7, 9, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 are consequential on each other and may be discussed together.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Quite a few of the amendments will be recommitted so we are effectively back to Committee Stage debate, which is pretty open-ended. It is not Report Stage in that sense. For example, we will need to get recommittal agreed for amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, and amendment No. 38 is also a recommittal. A recommittal is necessary in respect of this amendment as it relates to the...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: I will be calling on the Minister to move the recommittal. For example, there is provision to recommit amendment No. 1. Assuming the House agrees to the recommittal, we are effectively back to Committee Stage debate, with Committee Stage latitude in debate.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: That will create difficulty. The Chair will be disposed to allow the Deputy to make all the cogent points about it. We will proceed. I call amendment No. 1. Bill recommitted in respect of amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are related and may be discussed together.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Amendments Nos. 6, 8, 10 and 11 may be discussed together.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: The Deputy should note we are working within the constraints of Report Stage. This amendment is not for recommittal.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: I understand. I am simply making the point.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: We are at the stage where we must make a decision on amendment No. 6.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: I will allow the Minister to respond very briefly.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Are the Deputies satisfied? Is Deputy McManus going to-----
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: We are on Report Stage.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: How stands the amendment?
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Amendment No. 13 is related to amendment No. 12 and is, logically, an alternative to it. The amendments may be discussed together by agreement.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Amendments Nos. 19, 24 and 25 are related to amendment No. 14 and they may be discussed together by agreement.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Amendments Nos. 17, 20 and 21 are related and may be discussed together.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Amendments Nos. 22 and 23 are related and amendment No. 23 is an alternative to amendment No. 22. Amendments Nos. 22 and 23 may be discussed together.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: We are anticipating the budget debate.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: Deputy Kenny is anticipating questions that can legitimately be raised in the debate on the budget.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2009)
Séamus Kirk: The Taoiseach without interruption.