Seanad debates
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage
3:00 pm
Feargal Quinn (Independent)
On a point of order, the Leas-Chathaoirleach decided earlier that it was not possible to move an amendment without the permission of the originator, yet earlier in this Bill I moved an amendment put down by Senator Alex White, and I did so without his permission. Does that mean the Bill as a whole is no longer valid, as we are already in breach of Standing Orders? Either the Leas-Chathaoirleach is right or he is wrong. If he is correct in stating that an amendment cannot be moved without the permission of the proposer, I remind him that I did so earlier on, which suggests that the whole Bill is no longer valid.
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