Dáil debates

Thursday, 13 November 2014

12:15 pm

Photo of Seán BarrettSeán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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I move: "That Deputy Mary Lou McDonald be suspended from the service of the Dáil."

Question put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 64; Níl, 43.


Tellers: Tá, Deputies Paul Kehoe and Emmet Stagg; Níl, Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Martin Ferris.

Níl

Question declared carried.

12:25 pm

Photo of Seán BarrettSeán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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Deputy McDonald is suspended from the service of the Dáil. The Deputy will now leave the House.

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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The Deputy will not leave the House. The Deputy is elected here to ask questions that have not been answered and I have no intention of leaving the House.

Photo of Seán BarrettSeán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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Then the House will be suspended and I will ask the Captain of the Guard to ensure the Deputy is removed from the House.

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Has she an objection from yesterday?

Photo of Emmet StaggEmmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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We are not in a kangaroo court now.

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy is making up her own rules.

Photo of Dara MurphyDara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Sinn Féin is making up its own rules, its own laws, its own courts and its own version of democracy.

Deputy McDonald remained seated in the House.

At 4.30 p.m. the Ceann Comhairle returned to the House.

12:30 pm

Photo of Seán BarrettSeán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Ceann Comhairle)
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The Dáil is adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November.

The Dáil adjourned at 4.30 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 November 2014.