Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 have already been grouped. They were agreed to be grouped by the House on a different day. They are being discussed together. They will be voted on separately but they are being discussed together. After we deal with amendments Nos. 1 and 2, the next grouping is amendments Nos. 3, c4a and d4a. They may be discussed together by agreement. I will put that question to the House and either it agrees to that or it does not. Likewise, when we get to amendments Nos. 3a, 3d and 5a, the Chair will say that they may be discussed together by agreement - the phrase is "and may be discussed together by agreement" - and the House will decide that it is or is not happy to discuss them together. Again, when we get to the next grouping - amendments Nos. 3c, 3g and 3h - the Chair will say that they are related and may be discussed together by agreement. We will either agree or disagree and so on. They are not my rules; they are the rules of this House. If people do not like them, they can change them, but they are the rules as they are at the moment.

At the moment we are discussing amendments Nos. 1 and 2 together. That was agreed at a previous sitting of the Seanad. Whoever would like to contribute on amendments Nos. 1 and 2 is more than welcome to do so. Does anyone want to discuss amendments Nos. 1 and 2?