Dáil debates

Wednesday, 16 November 2005

1:00 pm

Séamus Pattison (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)

I agree with the Deputy. For example, priority questions are supposed to be finished within 30 minutes. In spite of the Chair's best efforts, they took 54 minutes today. It is Members who are preventing other Members from having their questions taken. The Chair appealed numerous times today for Members to abide by the Standing Orders that have been set down by the Members and the appeal was totally ignored, time after time. It is unfair to Deputies like Deputy McGinley, who has been sitting here to have his question attended to, but it is due to the action of other Members who exceed their time and ignore the Chair. I hope, arising from what Deputy McGinley has said, some action will be taken to get Members to abide by the rules to which they have agreed. We cannot have a lengthy discussion on the matter. All I am saying is that Deputy McGinley's complaint is justified.

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