Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Up until this point we were all following procedures that we laid down. The first one of those was that it would be 24 hours before we had any sort of motion, and that is why Deputy Jonathan O'Brien has put a proposal.

The fact that we were in private or public session does not matter. What matters is that Senator Mullen is not taking on board what has been arranged and agreed every week. The Chairman asked two weeks ago. If members felt so strongly about having a motion in, they should respect the fact that we are all putting time and effort into submitting our motions in time. If they want to submit motions, they need to abide by the rules. It is not about being in public or private session. They are coming up with solutions and suggestions while they are sitting there now in public session but they did not have a solution while we were in private session. Why could they not have suggested, as Deputy Mattie McGrath said, going on and off into private session if necessary? Why could the Deputy not say that four minutes into the meeting?