There is scope within section 8. Section 49, which the Minister of State referenced, talks about agreements or partnerships between the agency and other bodies. I recognise that it provides that the agency may partner with a body, whether public or private, but what we were trying to get at is encouraging and supporting public-public partnerships between, for example, research or higher education institutions and other public bodies. It was not simply about the agency's own partnerships but about encouraging other …

Give me one moment.

I am sorry. I did not want to withdraw amendment No. 44. I was going to withdraw a later one. It is fine. The Acting Chairperson can go ahead. I can come back to the same point in a different way.

I move amendment No. 45: In page 12, to delete lines 22 to 25 and substitute the following: “(l) to promote and support the undertaking in the State of research and innovation which furthers climate action, the protection and enhancement of biodiversity and implementation and achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;”.

I move amendment No. 46: In page 12, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(m) to enable and assist research sharing and technology transfer between designated higher education institutions, research bodies and public bodies in line with and with due regard to Article 4(1)(g) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;”.

I move amendment No. 48: In page 13, line 21, after “a” to insert “reasonable”.

I move amendment No. 49: In page 13, line 23, to delete “and”.

I move amendment No. 50: In page 13, to delete line 24.

I move amendment No. 51: In page 13, line 24, after “objective” to insert “, which is provided for in legislation,”.

I move amendment No. 52: In page 13, line 25, after “a” to insert “reasonable”.

I move amendment No. 53: In page 13, line 26, to delete “the period” and substitute “a reasonable period”.

I move amendment No. 54: In page 13, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(6) The Minister shall not give a direction under this section which would disrupt parity of esteem between the arts, humanities and social sciences and science, engineering, technology and mathematics.”.

Votáil.

I move amendment No. 55: In page 13, line 37, to delete “a Minister of the Government” and substitute “the Minister”.

I move amendment No. 56: In page 14, line 4, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Taken together, sections 11 and 12 provide extraordinary discretionary ministerial powers that I have not seen in almost any previous legislation. We discussed section 11 at length. It allows a Minister to give direction in writing for any purpose relating to any matter referred to in the legislation or any other enactment - basically, that means anything ever referred to in any law anywhere - and the implementation of any policy or objective of the Minister or the Government within a specified period. Section 12, …

I did not get clarity on whether they will be published.

I may table amendments just to try to clarify that further on Report Stage.

Can I clarify whether amendment No. 69 is in this grouping for discussion?

I believe that amendment No. 69 was added. No, it was not as it was discussed previously, that is fine.