Results 7,021-7,040 of 13,259 for speaker:Pat Gallagher
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Some Members feel I am not calling Deputies in order. I am calling either the party leaders or their representatives.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: I thank the Deputy for his brevity.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Is that acceptable? Subject to the Taoiseach's offer, is the proposal for dealing with Tuesday's business agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with Wednesday's business agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with Thursday's business agreed to? Agreed. I have quite a list before me and I am going to read it out lest I leave someone out. We have only 13 minutes....
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Deputy Martin should hold on for one moment. The Business Committee does not decide the business of the House. The Business Committee makes recommendations to this House.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: There is a big difference. It is the House that decides. I will call the Taoiseach momentarily. I ask the House to decide. It is a matter for Members. I am only the facilitator and I must ensure we stay within Standing Orders. I remind Members that it is the House that decides and the Business Committee recommends.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Deputy Pearse Doherty can make a very short contribution.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Okay. That is the proposal. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett and then Deputy Howlin.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: The Taoiseach and the Chief Whip may respond.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: We will deal with the four questions.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Hold on. I do not need legal advice on a simple question. Deputies are requesting that an opportunity be given to make statements. It is a matter for the House, not a matter of legal advice for me.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: I might not be a lawyer but I have common sense. I have been here for 36 or 37 years and I will not be dictated to by anybody in this House, not even the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Hold on. The Taoiseach is not in the Chair. I put it to the Taoiseach that four Members of this House have posed a question. They are not agreeing to the Order of Business. It is a matter for the Taoiseach to decide whether he is agreeing to that. I will immediately put the question on the Order of Business.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Yes, of course.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: I call the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Joe McHugh, to announce the Order of Business.
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: There are three proposals to be put before the House today. Is the proposal for dealing with Tuesday's business agreed to?
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: I call Deputy Micheál Martin. This is to be only a brief intervention.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: I gave the Taoiseach an extra minute to allow him to answer the question fully.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: The Deputies well know that I have no responsibility for the answers the Taoiseach gives.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: We will move on to Sinn Féin and Deputy Pearse Doherty.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pat Gallagher: Please, allow Deputy Pearse Doherty.