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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Is the Deputy suggesting the amendment will be resubmitted for Report Stage?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: How stands the amendment to the amendment therefore?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Does anybody else wish to comment on these amendments?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Has the Minister any further comment to make?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Does the Minister have any comment to make or question to ask?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 21, in the name of the Minister, proposes the insertion of a new section. Amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 21 in the name of Deputy Clare Daly and amendment No. 27 are related. Therefore, all three amendments may be discussed together.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: If the Deputy wants to cover the same ground-----

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: They usually do not press the amendment. My experience is that if Deputies want to repeat an amendment, they would withdraw it. Deputies are not allowed to repeat an amendment. Deputy O'Brien might be making some changes to the amendment, but if the substance of it is still there, he would be in danger of having it ruled out of order. The main thing is that he gets to press the amendment...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Does Deputy O'Brien want to say anything on his amendment?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Is the Deputy going to press the amendment?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: We must deal with the amendment to the amendment first.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: It cannot be repeated.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: The danger is if the substance of the amendment is repeated as it could then be ruled out of order.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes, that is possible. I am not able to say for sure, so the safest action may be to withdraw it. It could then be changed or repeated on Report Stage.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: When does the Minister expect the report to which she referred to be published?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 16 and the amendment to it in the name of Deputy Clare Daly, for whom Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan is substituting, are related and will be discussed together.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: The amendments to amendment No. 12 fall because it has been withdrawn.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: You are proposing to table an amendment on Report Stage on that issue?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: Does the Minister wish to say anything else?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Joanna Tuffy: On that, our committee made a recommendation regarding representation from local authorities. This was a key recommendation of the committee, which was a cross-party committee. I am aware that as Chair, I cannot be partisan, but it was a recommendation of our report. The thinking behind local authority representation previously was the need for democratic accountability. This is part of...