Is that agreed? Agreed.

When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

Of course she can speak to it. She has moved the amendment and she may speak to it.

The time permitted for this debate having expired, I am required to put the following question in accordance with the order of the Seanad on 22 October 2020: "That section 2 is hereby agreed to in Committee; in respect of each of the sections undisposed of, the section is hereby agreed to in Committee; the Title is hereby agreed to in Committee; the Bill is accordingly reported to the House without amendment; Fourth Stage is hereby completed; and the Bill is hereby received for final consideration and passed."

This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 148, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil. This is looked upon as the report of the Dáil amendments to the Seanad. For Senators' convenience, I have arranged for the printing and circulation of th…

I call on the Minister to speak to the subject matter of amendments in group 1, that is, amendments Nos. 1 and 7 and Seanad Report Stage amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive. This is in order to avoid repetition.

I remind Members they can only contribute once on each grouping.

I call Senator Mullen.

If the Senator wishes to contribute later-----

That is okay, but we might not reach some amendments because of the constraints. To remind Members, under the order of the House, we are finishing at 4.45 p.m. As such, we might not reach every amendment.

The Senator should stick to the amendments under discussion.

He should keep it brief. We are on Dáil amendments Nos. 1 and 7 and Seanad amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive.

That is towards the tail end. We will try to get to it, but I want to stick to the amendments under discussion. The Minister will then respond. The next speaker on this group of amendments is Senator Ward.

I apologise, but will the Senator please move to the seat next to him? It has a microphone.

Unless they are raising a point of order, Senators who want to intervene must ask the Senator who is in possession if they may do so.

I want to point out that Senator Ward is talking about what is and is not in the Bill regarding the sealing of the records. We are dealing with proposals concerning the deposit of the records with the Minister. These provisions relate to where the records are going to go, which is what the Senator is talking about. I ask Members to be mindful of their use of language and of making accusations in the House, in this discussion or at any time.

I have allowed Members latitude because we are under a time constraint and some of them may not get to speak. However, we are drifting into a Second Stage debate and people are making speeches that do not relate to the matter under discussion, that is, the deposit of the records with the Minister. What transpired in terms of emails to Members and all of that is not relevant to the group of amendments we are discussing. Any Member is allowed to intervene and I understand the points being made-----

I am going back to-----

The Senator is most welcome to address the House. He is in possession and other Members are raising points of information. However, my point is that we are discussing the first group of amendments, concerning the deposit of records with the Minister, comprising amendments Nos. 1 and 7 and Seanad Report Stage amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive. I ask Members to confine themselves to discussing those amendments. I understand the points being raised. If Senator Bacik has a point of information, I ask that she make it n…