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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Maybe he has, but that is what he has given.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: I have to be neutral in the Chair.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Deputy D'Arcy, do you want to come back in?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: We will move on to amendment No. 3 in the name of Deputy Pearse Doherty, which would involve the insertion of a new section. Will the Deputy move the amendment?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Amendment No. 4 in the names of Deputies Murphy and Boyd Barrett has been ruled out of order as it is not relevant to the provisions of the Bill.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Amendment No. 6 is in the name of Deputy Pearse Doherty. Amendments Nos. 6, 7 and 8 are related. Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 6. Therefore, amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, will be discussed together. If amendment No. 6 is agreed to, amendments Nos. 7 and 8 cannot be moved.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: The amendments that have been ruled out of order have been dealt with by the clerk according to Standing Orders. With regard to Deputy Donnelly's earlier question, we do not have discretion on it. It is ruled out of order and that is it.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: The Deputy will have to contact the Bills Office and the clerk.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: The letter goes out under my name but the decision is actually made by the clerk. It has to do with Standing Orders. The suggestion has been made, because I raised the issue, that the Deputy would take it up at clerk level because we will not be able to resolve it here. It has been recommended that members do that and, if necessary, table the amendment on Report Stage, if that is possible.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Have the members who have had their amendments ruled out of order been in touch with the clerk?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Has the clerk responded?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: I will ask the clerk to contact the other clerk to determine if that can happen and to explain the disquiet of members as a result of the matters being ruled out of order. We can set aside half an hour and if someone is available to come and explain, that will be fine, but for the moment we have to proceed as we are.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Yes. Amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, are related.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: How stands the amendment?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: How stands the amendment?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Amendment No. 13 in the name of the Minister. Amendments Nos. 13, 14, 17 to 20, inclusive, 23 to 30, inclusive, 35, 41 to 44, inclusive, and 48 are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: It is now 5 p.m. at which time we agreed to suspend the sitting until 6 p.m.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: Yes, the clerk will be here.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: We will resume our consideration of the Finance Bill in public session. I wish to inform members that the clerk and I met departmental officials during the break to discuss the decision to rule some of the proposed amendments out of order. It is part of Standing Orders and we do not have control over it. The decision was made based on the amendments having the potential to impose a charge...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (9 Nov 2016)
John McGuinness: 131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [34002/16]