Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent Ireland Party) | Oireachtas source

We are here today for a vote of no confidence in the Ceann Comhairle. Many previous speakers referred to right and wrong. I have a copy of the Standing Orders in front of me. If you were to follow the Standing Orders last week - what was done right and what was done wrong. I was the person from Independent Ireland who emailed the Ceann Comhairle at the time and asked her, as well as at the time of the recess, to look at the process on the Standing Orders. I followed protocol. I asked her to acknowledge the email but they never came back. If you look at Oireachtas television, within 11 seconds the Ceann Comhairle rammed something through even though there was a call of "Vótáil". That is on the record of Oireachtas television. That is the right and the wrong that was done here. That is what has been done wrong. That is what I am questioning.

I am not questioning Michael Healy-Rae, Sean Canney, Noel Grealish, Kevin Boxer Moran or Marian Harkin getting junior Ministries. At least they stood up and went into government. I am not questioning that; I am questioning the fact that Standing Orders were not followed, even though there is a record of an email that we sent, which was followed up by an email from Michael Collins and Ken O'Flynn. That is on the record. Also on the record is the Journal of the Proceedings of the Dáil. We have been asking for the Journal of the Proceedings of the Dáil but it has not been given to us. Why? It is because it is supposed to be here. Standing Orders have to be adhered to. The Ceann Comhairle did not follow Standing Orders. That is what I am questioning today. That is what I put in writing to the Ceann Comhairle. I am not here to roar and shout; I am here to follow the Standing Orders. The Standing Orders were not adhered to. That is what I am questioning.

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