I will now call on the soon-to-be - perhaps, maybe, possibly - next father of the House, An Seanadóir Paddy Burke.

I also welcome the women to the House and thank them for their work. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.

I thank the Senator. We do indeed remember Vicky Phelan. I welcome Deputy Devlin, the assistant Government Chief Whip, to the Gallery. He is joined by Fr. Selva Raj, who is a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, which does Trojan work in the Sean MacDermott Street area here in Dublin with the youth of the area. Father, you are very welcome thank you for being here. Indeed, I have many good friends in the Salesians, so it is good to have you here.

I welcome the Friends of St. Patrick's Cathedral who are in the Public Gallery. I welcome Mrs. Irene Wilson Power, the Reverend Morton and Alice Leahy of the Alice Leahy Trust, who does huge work. They are guests of Senator McDowell. I wish them a very pleasant afternoon in Leinster House and hope they have a very enjoyable visit. I thank them for all they do on our behalf.

I welcome Eoghan Cafferkey, the grandson of former Deputy and Minister, Bobby Molloy. He is in transition year. He is very welcome to Leinster House. He is here with Deputy Noel Grealish, whom I hope he can learn from. His grandfather left a great legacy in Irish political life. I welcome him and thank him for being here.

I ask Members to be upstanding for one minute's silence.

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I welcome the Minister, Deputy Harris, to the House for the second time this week on Commencement matters. It is good and refreshing to see a full line Minister, who sits at the Cabinet table, here for a Commencement debate. We are genuinely delighted he is here again.

I welcome the students and staff from the Holy Trinity National School Dublin to Leinster House today. I hope they have a great visit and it is good to have them here. They might learn a few things from some of our colleagues. I offer them homework off tonight as a celebration of their visit to Leinster House.

I welcome Deputy Grealish and his guests to the Gallery. I hope they have a very good visit. The little baby is behaving well and seems to be very settled and comfortable in Leinster House. Maybe she might return some day as a Member of the House.

There are no seconds.

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senators Aisling Dolan and Eugene Murphy – The need for the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on plans for the development of a Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board apprenticeship centre for County Roscommon. Senator Rebecca Moynihan – The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make parallel funding available for…

I welcome the Minister, Deputy Harris. It is great to have the line Minister in the House. I thank him for making time to be here this morning for this Commencement matter.

Before I call the Leader, I welcome Ann-Marie Ronan from Cork, who is here with her dad, I think. I met Ms Ronan earlier. They are very welcome to Leinster House. I hope they have a pleasant visit. I welcome our other guests this morning as well. Céad míle fáilte to everybody.

I welcome to the Public Gallery the Collins brothers from Cork, Mick, Con, Francis and Jeremiah. They are welcome to Leinster House today. Mick is married to my cousin Geraldine. I hope they have a pleasant day. It is great to have them here and to have Cork represented in the Seanad. I thank them for being here.

As there is nobody else present to commend the Bill, I will ask the Minister of State to reply.

When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, in the names of Senators Boylan, Gavan, Ó Donnghaile and Warfield have been ruled out of order as they involve a potential charge on the Revenue.