Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, I have two queries. I understand that the Seanad Standing Orders do not have a provision ruling out matters as charges on public expenditure. At the end of the day only the Dáil can approve them. Senator Daly has correspondence from the Seanad office on that issue. He has left temporarily and taken the correspondence with him but he will be back shortly. Even if that provision was in place, I do not consider that these are charges on the Exchequer. This is putting in place a process and these types of amendments have been routinely accepted in other matters.