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Message from Seanad (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Seanad Éireann has passed the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013 without amendment.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 8 arises out of Committee Stage proceedings. Amendments Nos. 8 to 11, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 26 and 27 form a composite proposal and will be discussed together.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I believed that was what the Deputy was doing.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I remind the House again that the amendments under discussion are Nos. 19 to 23, inclusive, each of which has a specific text. The presumption is that the Deputy is speaking to those amendments individually and-----

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Collectively also. If the Deputy wishes to refer to the individual amendments-----

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: If she does not, contributions will degenerate into Second Stage speeches. This is not Second Stage. I am sorry, but those are the rules of the House.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am not the Ceann Comhairle.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I bow to the Deputy's superior knowledge of the rules of the House, but I must reiterate the rules of the House as they stand. I do not want to interrupt intermittently, but I must point out again that the procedure of the House is to address each amendment under discussion specifically and then to discuss them in general, if desired.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Otherwise, I will have to do the same with the next speaker. I do not want to have to do that.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The mover of the amendment has the right to reply.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The mover of an amendment has three occasions on which to contribute to the debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the ambassador and his colleague. To what extent has the potential for trade between Iran and Ireland been explored and developed since the last general election in Iran and the obvious improvement in its relations with the West? On the nuclear issue-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Academics in Iran complained about the erosion of their human rights, imprisonment without trial and the lack of access to legal aid and advice. To what extent has this alleviated?

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Thank you, Deputy.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy will have another opportunity to contribute.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: There is a time limit.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy's time has expired. The Minister also has to reply and will have two opportunities to do so. Each speaker will have two opportunities to speak.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The Member who moves an amendment has an additional opportunity to speak.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, for an additional two minutes. Each other speaker may contribute on two occasions.