Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Next is group 4 on the redaction of certain records. Group 4 is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 8 and 9 from the Dáil and Seanad Report Stage amendments Nos. 5 to 10, inclusive. Before I ask the Minister to speak on the subject matter of group 4, I will outline the procedure again, given that Senators are coming and going. Senators are entitled to speak once on this Stage. They are entitled to intervene in the debate under Standing Order 39, but they must ask the Member in possession to give way and, if they get that permission, will have 30 seconds to speak. That is it. Those are the rules and I am only enforcing the rules on which we have all agreed. I ask Members to respect that, especially when the Minister is on his feet. He is entitled to speak without interruption unless someone wishes to raise a valid point of order.

I call Senator Higgins first.