Correct.

Will you please resume your seats, Senators? You know that when the Cathaoirleach or Leas-Chathaoirleach requests it, you are, under Standing Orders, required to resume your seats.

I have already suggested that there is an avenue that can be used to resolve these issues. We all have representatives on the CPPO. That is the avenue for resolving this issue, not here on the floor of the Chamber. We are here to pass legislation-----

The Senator moved and pressed the amendment.

Sorry, I am the only one who has sat in this chair.

I ask the Senators to resume their seats. Senator Mullen.

There was nothing out of order.

Senator Ruane, I am suggesting-----

The CPPO is-----

If the Senator does not agree with me, this can go to the committee, but I intend to put this vote to the floor.

We are proceeding no differently from any other day and I ask the Senator to-----

I will suspend the House for half an hour so-----

The sitting is suspended.

Some Senators have raised points about the division process that will be addressed thoroughly by the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, CPPO, including the standing orders that provide for the timing of the taking of divisions. We will now resume on amendment No. 19, which has been moved and pressed.

Absolutely. That will be addressed at the next CPPO. Before we deal with the amendment, I welcome Councillor Patricia Walsh and her husband, who are guests of Senator Diarmuid Wilson. Senator Sarah O'Reilly's family are also in the Gallery, and Councillor Adrian Rogers from Cavan. They are all very welcome here today.

Amendments Nos. 20 to 27, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I compliment everybody involved in President Zelenskyy's visit, including the Cathaoirleach, the Clerk of the Seanad and all of the team, as well as the staff of the Parliament as a whole. It was a very successful visit. Well done to all involved. I wish to raise the issue of e-scooters and children under 16. It is illegal for children to ride e-scooters. Legislation was introduced to legalise the use of e-scooters on our roads, but many people on scooters do not wear helmets. There has been an increase in the numb…

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, to the House.

Is that agreed? Agreed.

I, too, support the Finance Bill. There has been much debate in the Chamber, both for and against. The VAT rate is not just about the hospitality industry, it also affects hairdressers. Many hairdressers have been lobbying on the VAT rate which closed some of them down. It is certainly most welcome that this reduction is to be extended not only to the hospitality industry, and especially to the smaller businesses because they are suffering, but also to hairdressers. With regard to the VAT rate and tax relief for ap…