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Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is a critical question that already has been asked.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the Ceann Comhairle will allow-----

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, will the Ceann Comhairle allow me to proceed?

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask other Opposition Members to respect my right, on behalf of the Technical Group, to participate. At every opportunity the Ceann Comhairle has called me, a series of points of order have been raised. I ask other Members to hold their points of order until we have had a chance to contribute.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They have had their chance and fair play is now deserved.

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking the Ceann Comhairle to allow me to participate.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We know well the reason the Taoiseach is not here. If Members want to go into all of that, we will do that for them too. We know that new members of the Cabinet must be approved by this House. Yesterday, the Taoiseach took over the responsibilities of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. As a sitting Member of the Cabinet, he did not need the approval of the House. However, if these five...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----a formal motion must come before this House. We have the right to know when it is intended that this will happen, if that is the scenario that presents or is the Taoiseach on his way to the Phoenix Park to do what we have hoped for a long time? The Minister for Foreign Affairs is scheduled to take Question Time in the House this afternoon. The Minister for Foreign Affairs is currently...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----which is a narrow majority. If that be the case-----

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is relevant.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Taoiseach been dangling out reward for support in his vote of confidence motion the other evening? We have the right to hear the truth in relation to that matter. The Minister for Transport, Mr. Dempsey, confirmed that all of this was known and discussed over a period of two weeks prior to the Taoiseach's vote of confidence motion. Clearly, that is the question on people's minds...

Termination of Ministerial Appointments: Announcement by Taoiseach (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Tomorrow is the 92nd anniversary of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann. I have no doubt that were those who convened in the Mansion House on 21 January 1919 to see what is unfolding today in this House, they would feel ashamed. There can be no question but that what the Taoiseach has just read into the record of the House was not what he, when he got out of bed this morning, intended to...

Termination of Ministerial Appointments: Announcement by Taoiseach (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is the projection of the conservative Economic and Social Research Institute. That is a damning indictment of this Government. We have a lame duck Taoiseach with a lame duck Government in terms of the Cabinet on which he will be depending in the remaining weeks of this Government. It is good that the announcement in regard to the election has now been made. I welcome that we now have...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am trying to address the Tánaiste, a Cheann Comhairle. This morning on "Morning Ireland" the former Minister for Transport, as we understand, Deputy Noel Dempsey, indicated that discussion of his resignation took place with the Taoiseach a fortnight ago. Were these resignations part of a plot organised by the Taoiseach so that in his subsequent one-on-one meetings with all his party...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There are sources that suggest that the vote was very tight. Did the Taoiseach use that opportunity?

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If this situation was being contrived a fortnight ago in order to dangle the prospect of promotion in return for support, a whole new dimension needs to be properly addressed, aired and explored. I believe it requires a very clear answer and not, with respect, from the Tánaiste, because she was not party to all of that, but most certainly from the Taoiseach on the floor of the House. Some...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have always believed the Taoiseach should be here on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The people watching this cannot not believe there are further strokes that can be played in advance of the general election. They are looking in astonishment at the unacceptability of what is unfolding. Are those who shout loudest most favoured for promotion? We will watch and see. Watch this...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy Dooley should not worry. He is in the running for the front or second bench.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste has replied to the other leaders. As leader of the Technical Group I am deserving of the same courtesy from the Tánaiste and your assistance, a Cheann Comhairle, in securing same.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They have already had their responses. They can, of course, come back. We are entitled to a direct reply and I hope you will defend that, a Cheann Comhairle.