CC
2024-04-30 · Seanad
Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
No, we are on amendment No. 17 now.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 236 of 237 decisive votes (0 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.
| Party | Recorded as | Contributions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 1,575 | 2020-03-20 – 2024-11-07 |
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 299 | 2020-01-21 – 2024-11-07 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2016-04-25–2020-03-29 · FF 2021-04-21–2025-01-29
No, we are on amendment No. 17 now.
Yes. There is a grouping.
No, that was in a separate grouping. We have already dealt with it. This grouping begins with amendment No. 13, but the latter was not moved. The grouping comprises amendments Nos. 13, 17, 19, 25 to 31, inclusive, 33 and 37. Senator Black may move amendment No. 17 and speak to the grouping related to it, or she may move amendment No. 17 and withdraw it.
Amendments Nos. 20 to 24, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
Amendments No. 35, 36 and 95 to 102, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
Does anyone else want to speak on this grouping?
Senator Malcolm Byrne looks somewhat puzzled.
We are not on that one yet.
We will get there, but we are not there yet.
Amendments Nos. 39 to 42, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
I welcome to the House, for the first time in his new role, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Patrick O’Donovan. He is very welcome back to the Seanad. I wish him well in his new role, as I am sure we all do.
Amendment No. 2 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 1 and amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 3. Amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
We are not dealing with that today.
We did point that out already but there is no harm in pointing it out twice.
Not that he was ever like that in the past.
That is a matter for the Members, and the Chair will do his best. A number of us had connections with the HEA in previous lives. I now intend to put the question on amendment No. 1.
Amendments Nos. 6 and 61 to 68, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed?
It is in a different grouping.
It is up to the House to agree to it.
Is that agreed? Agreed. The grouping has been changed by the agreement of the House, meaning that amendments Nos. 6, 61 to 69, inclusive, are being taken together. We are discussing amendment No. 69 now, not later.