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Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: Please, this is a serious matter. We have had a reasonable debate. I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his tolerance because we have just-----

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: I said that.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: We have just learned in the last minute that a Member of this House, a former Minister, initiated all of this by writing to the Ceann Comhairle, as per the Taoiseach if I heard him correctly-----

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----and also by writing to the Taoiseach's office. Things were going on behind the scenes for quite some time since November, but we are only learning about them right now as a motion is being tabled without debate.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: I will not make any pejorative remark. One could accuse Deputy Shatter of, as Minister, having tried to silence whistleblowers for long enough, but it is not acceptable that a Member of the House should try to muzzle the House itself-----

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----through this type of legal manoeuvring.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is unacceptable. I will put my request to the Taoiseach to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle as well, as he is now in the position of the Ceann Comhairle, who unfortunately cannot be with us today. It is a reasonable request to put to the Chair and on which to get the agreement of the Taoiseach, who has the obligation to lay motions before the House, namely, to withdraw the motion so that we can...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: For example, making available to Members of the House all of the correspondence to the Ceann Comhairle and the Taoiseach from Deputy Shatter's solicitors and legal firm as well as the Ceann Comhairle's letter-----

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----to the Minister outlining his interpretation of Standing Order 57(3) would be a minimal and reasonable request. With due respect for what Opposition Deputies are saying, I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle not to proceed with this matter today pending my request and a reconsideration by the Ceann Comhairle. The Taoiseach's withdrawal of the motion would in no shape or form be him going...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: I have never witnessed this before in the House.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: We need copies of that correspondence.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: This is very important, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Let me give some sense of how serious this is. It goes to the heart of what this Dáil is about. We do not want to participate in a sham.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: At the very least the Dáil should adjourn or we should wait until the Ceann Comhairle comes back to give a proper, rational explanation as to what is going on here. We should have full transparency in terms of the interaction between Deputy Shatter, or his legal representatives, and the Ceann Comhairle's office. We were not told about any of this until this very minute - the last...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, we were not informed.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: How do you know, Taoiseach? What did we not follow through?

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: He has reversed them before.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: It should be deferred.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: There have been many tribunals of inquiry-----

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. I do not intend to force a physical vote on this. I just want to highlight my grave reservations about the import and impact of this Bill, the implications of which have not been widely circulated. I have been informed by my party Whip that the Whips were informed at a meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that significant limitations are to be imposed on...