Senator Craughwell is interjecting far too often in the Order of Business. He should know better. He is a long-standing Member of the House.

I thank the Leader very much indeed. An amendment to the Order of Business has been moved by Senator Clonan and seconded by Senator Craughwell: "That Report and Fifth Stages of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023 not be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Cuirim fíor fáilte roimh na daltaí agus na muinteoirí as Scoil an Duinnínigh from Swords in County Dublin. They are very welcome to Leinster House. I hope they have a very good visit. Their teachers might let them off homework as a celebration of their visit to the national Parliament. For their information, we just had the Order of Business. They are here on a very special day because today we have a new father of the House, the oldest sitting Member, Senator Paddy Burke. The Senator has been 31 years in the House…

Yes.

Did Senator Dolan indicate?

Amendments Nos. 63 and 64 have been ruled out of order as they involve a potential charge on the Revenue.

Amendment No. 65 has been ruled out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Revenue.

Amendments Nos. 68 to 84, inclusive, and 86 to 88, inclusive, are related.

Is the grouping agreed as well?

I am sorry. Amendment No. 69 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 68, amendments Nos. 81, 82, and 82 a are physical alternatives to amendment No. 83, and amendments Nos. 68 to 84, inclusive, and 86 to 88, inclusive, may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. I apologise, Senator Sherlock.

I am sorry; I must interrupt the Senator for one second. I acknowledge in the Public Gallery the family and friends of the leader of the Social Democrats, Deputy Cairns. They are all very welcome. I hope they have a very pleasant visit to Leinster House. I thank them for being here. I thank Senator Sherlock.

I welcome to the Gallery Councillor Uruemu Adejinmi, who is a guest of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. You are very welcome. Thank you for being here. I hope you have a good visit to Leinster House.

I have a long list of Members who wish to speak. I am taking them in the order that has been presented to me.

As it is now 7 p.m., I am required to put the following question in accordance with an order of the Seanad of this day: "That amendments Nos. 83 and 84 are hereby agreed to in committee; section 114, as amended, is agreed to in committee; amendment No. 102 and the Government amendments undisposed of are hereby made to the Bill; in respect of each of the sections undisposed of other than section 165, which is hereby deleted, the section or, as appropriate, the section, as amended, is hereby agreed to in committee; S…

As there are no tellers appointed to the "Níl" side, I declare the question carried.

When is it proposed to sit again?

Is that agreed?

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Mary Seery Kearney - The need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to make a statement on the timelines for processing and registering foreign births on the foreign births register. Senator Victor Boyhan - The need for the Minister for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on the purpose, and allocation on a county-by-county basis, of the community recognition fund. Senator Micheál…

Before I call on the Leader to announce today's Order of Business, I inform the House that I have received notification in writing from Senator David Norris of his resignation as a Member of Seanad Éireann. Consequently, a casual vacancy has occurred in the membership of the Seanad.

Members will recall that at the beginning of the day yesterday, I informed Members of the death over the weekend of the former Minister of State, county councillor and Senator, Mr. Tom Hussey. He was a native of Patch, Glenamaddy, County Galway, a place he loved dearly. He had a long and distinguished career in public service at both national and local levels. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1969 to represent the people of Galway North-East. During his time in the Lower House, he served as a Minister of Sta…