Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

It was my understanding, insofar as my understanding is of any benefit in these circumstances, that an alternative motion was suggested to your group, which would have allowed you to debate the generality of issues and, indeed, some of the specific aspects of the issues that you would have been debating had your motion been tabled, but you chose not to avail of that so we have no choice. We have no valid business from you. We had a vote on the Order of Business yesterday and we must proceed in accordance with that vote. We further had a discussion, as you are aware, at the Dáil reform committee where all of the members, save your own Solidarity representative, were of the view that we were proceeding in a correct and appropriate manner.

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