It also refers to the removal of section 8 of that Act, which required that enterprise and development agencies secure "formal Government approval before they engage in, or promote, any activity of a primarily military relevance". Amendment No. 7 proposes to retain subsection (5) of section 8 of the Science and Technology Act 1987, which requires Government approval for engaging in activities of military relevance.
The subsection states: The Agency shall not engage in or promote any activity of a primarily military relevance without the prior approval of the Government. A few days later, his Government is proposing to delete the following subsection in the 1987 Act: The Agency shall not engage in or promote any activity of a primarily military relevance without the prior approval of the Government.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 4,568 words from 7 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie; Níl, Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett and Sinéad Gibney.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 65–78 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 65–78 |
| Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time" | Lost | 65–78 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 77–65 |
| Question put: : "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to" | Carried | 76–66 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 76–66 |
| Question put: : "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to" | Carried | 76–66 |
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