Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-11-16
============================================================

Pauline O'Reilly (GP), Labour Panel

I cannot speak on my amendment, which is very unfortunate given my previous comments. I have an issue with the lack of information on what exactly the costs are. I know the Bills Office has probably gone back to the Department and has been given advice from the Department on costings. To be fair to us in our roles as legislators we should have more information. I have sat where the Acting Chairperson is sitting and have heard the exact same arguments from many Senators when their amendments are ruled out of order. With that in mind, I have drafted a letter and sent it to the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, CPPO, today outlining my concerns over amendments being ruled out of order.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2022-11-16/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:51:17+00:00
Sitting date: 2022-11-16