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Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Is it irrelevant?

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Bernard Durkan: I gave the Ceann Comhairle an opportunity this morning-----

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Bernard Durkan: -----to provide for a full debate and he refused.

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Bernard Durkan: This is an important issue and we have raised the matter again.

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Bernard Durkan: There are not.

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Bernard Durkan: No, we will not be obliged to do so. It is already-----

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Bernard Durkan: Standing Orders will not have to be changed.

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Bernard Durkan: On a point of order once again, there is only one way to address this issue, namely, by suspending the Standing Orders of the House and engaging in a full-scale debate on the issue.

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Bernard Durkan: The Ceann Comhairle should wait a second. He has not-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Ceann Comhairle refused to allow me to raise this matter earlier under the relevant Standing Order and that is his prerogative. However, there are other issues which arise and which are unassociated. These relate to the total and abysmal failure to deliver services to the public. The Government is charged with the responsibility for delivering such services.

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Bernard Durkan: We have no other way of dealing with matters of this nature in the House.

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Bernard Durkan: I accept that but the Ceann Comhairle does have the right to allow matters such as that which I raised earlier. If he exercised that right, a debate on the matter could be facilitated.

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Bernard Durkan: It is in order. The difficulty is that it is getting-----

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Bernard Durkan: No, Ceann Comhairle, I do not want to-----

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Bernard Durkan: The Government is delaying the business of the country.

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Bernard Durkan: The Opposition is not receiving-----

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Bernard Durkan: Is the Ceann Comhairle prepared to assist Deputies in upholding the rights of members of the public?

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Bernard Durkan: Ceann Comhairle----

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Bernard Durkan: The Ceann Comhairle need not ask me to leave. I do so in protest.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: If that is the way the Ceann Comhairle intends to conduct the business of the House, there is no point in me being present.