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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Duly noted.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: That is fine. Members will have noted my comments in the Dáil on Second Stage and will be aware of where I stand on the matter. The Bills Office advised that the amendments in question were out of order because they placed a charge on the Exchequer. The Deputies were notified of that and letters were issued to them last night.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: No. That was only in respect of one amendment. The decisions on the other amendments were notified to the individual members. I oversaw that myself, so I know everyone received notification. Having made my comments on Second Stage, the committee's members will be aware of my position. To clarify, it is not a matter for the Minister to determine whether an amendment is in order.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: I intend to invite her to do so, but I cannot go back over a decision that has been made on admissibility. The Deputies will have to take it up with the Ceann Comhairle.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Yes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: On advice.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: The Deputy would have to take that up with the Ceann Comhairle's office. I am not in a position to provide him with it.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: I have the advice with me and will read it to the committee when we reach the amendments. I will not do so now only to do it again later.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Yes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: It will be a matter of public record very shortly.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: I thank members for raising the matter. Does the Minister want to address it briefly?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: We will be making reference to this matter as we go along.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: I do.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: I will.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister. I call Deputy Funchion briefly. We are still in the in-between.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Here we are. The Minister and the committee can discuss it. This is the correct forum.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: I appreciate that, but the Minister has the authority to give effect to such suggestions, even if they have been ruled out of order, by resubmitting them at a later Stage in her name.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: That is my intention. The Minister can set out her own rationale for agreeing to the concept of the amendment without having to take it if it is not correctly put. She can then table it. That debate can take place during the course of this meeting.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Five Deputies.