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- Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: We did not.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Will we be adjourning at 3 p.m.?
- Seanad: Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: We are dealing with amendment No. 1 now. The amendments were not grouped.
- Seanad: Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Is this relevant? I take the point.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: We clean it up anyway.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I thank all the Members. If I was not in the Chair, I would probably say something but we have had a robust debate both during the earlier Stages and today. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, and wish him a happy Christmas.
- Seanad: Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, back to the House.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I am afraid the Senator cannot come back in. Members are only allowed to speak once on a grouping.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: That concludes group 4. I call the Minister of State to speak to the subject matter of the amendments in group 5.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Is the Senator talking to amendments Nos. 5 and 6 and the education sector?
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I made the same point myself along with Senator Paddy Burke. We accept that it was not the Minister of State who ordered the business. I now call on the Minister of State to speak on the subject matter of the amendments in group 6.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: This is an amendment tabled by Deputy Cowen of my party. I am glad it was accepted and is incorporated. I will not labour the point we made earlier in this House, which was presumably made in the Dáil and which was equally eloquently addressed by Senator Alice Mary Higgins just now, but it is a very small cohort of people who are affected by this. The intention of the Bill was...
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I do not think any other Senators are looking to contribute so I call the Minister of State to reply.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: No. We are dealing with amendments Nos. 1 and 7, which are group 1.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: As no other Member is offering on group 1, I will ask the Minister to speak on the subject matter of the amendments in group 2.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: It is an amendment relating to the application of the Act to Central Bank employees. We have dealt with group 2. I now ask the Minister to speak to the amendments in group 3.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: That is group 4. The amendments relate to workers who retire before the commencement of the Act.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: This is the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: That concludes group 3 matters. I call on the Minister to speak on the subject matter of the amendments in group 4.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (20 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, has been waiting for quite a while. I welcome him to the House. This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 118, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final...