Dáil debates
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Suspension of Member
4:00 pm
Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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I move: "That Deputy John Halligan be suspended from the service of the Dáil."
The Dail Divided:
For the motion: 91 (Tom Barry, Tommy Broughan, Richard Bruton, Joan Burton, Ray Butler, Jerry Buttimer, Catherine Byrne, Eric Byrne, Joe Carey, Paudie Coffey, Áine Collins, Michael Conaghan, Seán Conlan, Ciara Conway, Noel Coonan, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Joe Costello, Simon Coveney, Michael Creed, Lucinda Creighton, Jim Daly, John Deasy, Jimmy Deenihan, Pat Deering, Regina Doherty, Paschal Donohoe, Robert Dowds, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Frances Fitzgerald, Peter Fitzpatrick, Terence Flanagan, Eamon Gilmore, Brendan Griffin, Noel Harrington, Simon Harris, Brian Hayes, Tom Hayes, Martin Heydon, Brendan Howlin, Heather Humphreys, Kevin Humphreys, Derek Keating, Colm Keaveney, Paul Kehoe, Alan Kelly, Seán Kenny, Seán Kyne, Anthony Lawlor, Ciarán Lynch, John Lyons, Michael McCarthy, Shane McEntee, Nicky McFadden, Joe McHugh, Tony McLoughlin, Michael McNamara, Eamonn Maloney, Peter Mathews, Olivia Mitchell, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Michelle Mulherin, Dara Murphy, Dan Neville, Derek Nolan, Michael Noonan, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Kieran O'Donnell, Patrick O'Donovan, Fergus O'Dowd, John O'Mahony, Joe O'Reilly, Jan O'Sullivan, Ann Phelan, John Paul Phelan, Ruairi Quinn, Pat Rabbitte, James Reilly, Michael Ring, Alan Shatter, Seán Sherlock, Arthur Spring, Emmet Stagg, David Stanton, Billy Timmins, Joanna Tuffy, Liam Twomey, Leo Varadkar, Jack Wall, Brian Walsh, Alex White)
Against the motion: 42 (Richard Boyd Barrett, Dara Calleary, Joan Collins, Michael Colreavy, Barry Cowen, Clare Daly, Pearse Doherty, Stephen Donnelly, Dessie Ellis, Martin Ferris, Luke Flanagan, Seán Fleming, Tom Fleming, John Halligan, Séamus Healy, Michael Healy-Rae, Joe Higgins, Billy Kelleher, Séamus Kirk, Michael Kitt, Pádraig MacLochlainn, Charlie McConalogue, Finian McGrath, Mattie McGrath, Michael McGrath, John McGuinness, Sandra McLellan, Michael Moynihan, Catherine Murphy, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Éamon Ó Cuív, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Jonathan O'Brien, Willie O'Dea, Maureen O'Sullivan, Thomas Pringle, Shane Ross, Brendan Smith, Brian Stanley, Peadar Tóibín, Robert Troy, Mick Wallace)
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Emmet Stagg and Paul Kehoe; Níl, Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Seán Ó Fearghaíl.
Question declared carried.
Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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The Deputy must leave the House.
John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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I thought you intended to make the Dáil more relevant.
Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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The Deputy must leave the House.
John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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All you have to do is bring the Minister to the House to deal with the questions-----
Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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The sitting is suspended for ten minutes.