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Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Amendment Nos. 22 to 28, inclusive, are out of order.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Does the Deputy wish to press the amendment or withdraw and discuss it with the Minister?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Actually, I will allow Deputy Daly to contribute for a moment.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: I need an answer from Deputy Brady. Actually, I am sorry. I call Deputy O'Dea.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Amendment No. 30 in the name of Deputy Willie O'Dea has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Amendments Nos. 31 to 35, inclusive, are related. Amendments Nos. 32 and 33 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 31. Amendment No. 33 is a physical alternative to No. 32. Amendment No. 35 is a physical alternative to No. 34. Amendments Nos. 31 to 35, inclusive, may be discussed together and then taken in numerical order.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: The amendments will be taken in sequence but they are all related. I will come to everybody.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Yes, they are all related.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Did Deputy Brady want to comment or are the members happy for the amendments to be put?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: If the Minister is happy I will move on with the amendments. I need to do this in sequence because they are all related. I hope members will bear with me in order to ensure I do it correctly.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: I thank the Minister. The question for Deputies Joan Collins and Clare Daly is whether they should go ahead and press the amendment or whether they want to address the issue with the Minister afterwards.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Is Deputy Joan Collins happy with that approach?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: We have had the discussion and the point has been made. The amendment is in order. The option to withdraw it was offered and not accepted. I have to put the amendment now.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: Amendments Nos. 37 to 43, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. We probably do not need an extensive discussion. The amendments relate to the various hours. They are all similar but with variation in the numbers of hours in the various bands. They will be taken in the order in which they have been presented in the Order Paper.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: What number is the amendment?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: What amendment is the same as amendment No. 42?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: I will explain it you this way, Deputy. If we agree on amendment No. 39, then amendment No. 42 cannot be agreed. They will be taken in the sequence they are listed. Does that make sense?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: I will put the series of amendments after the Minister has replied.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: The amendments are similar but different.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: The Deputy has raised that point. I do not know if the Minister wants to address it. Two of the amendments stood out in the way they addressed the hours, with references to "more than" and "less than".