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Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: The constitutional-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: Members could decide on 6 April.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: It either will be conclusive or inconclusive-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----and that decision must be made one way or another.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: We will know on the day. I simply think we should put that on the agenda.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: Everybody has.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: May I raise a point of order?

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: It was unclear today, to be honest, as to who could table motions for today. In fact, Fianna Fáil had advice 48 hours ago that we could not table motions. We did table a motion subsequently on housing. If it was to be known that the next session of the Dáil could entail motions from political parties - I respectfully suggest that Independent groups and political parties could...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: All Members can start to table motions and if some believe only their motions can be debated on a certain day next week, I respectfully suggest that other parties are also entitled to have their motions debated. We need a bit of common sense as to how the House is to be organised in the interim period.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: I have no objection to having two or three days but they should be on the issues of health, housing, water and agriculture, which I believe already is catered for in respect of the Council meetings. I simply make that important proviso.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: Hold on a second.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, a schedule has already been proposed for 22 March.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: Yes, but there is no reason we cannot agree if we are in on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Normally when parties have individual motions, it is through Private Members' allotted times. Other parties might want to have different motions-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: I have no difficulty with adjourning the Dáil but I have a real difficulty with one party attempting to dominate it-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----and trying to suggest that the entire Dáil-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, I am basically saying that if we are coming back for a day, there has to be collective agreement by all parties-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----in terms of the issues. That is what I am saying

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: Let us keep the Tuesday simple. Through the Chair, if I may, it seems to me that people had agreed in terms of the interim day.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: I said earlier that we had no objection if people want to come in on 23 and 24 March to deal with other issues. However, the Whips and the various representative groups have to get together to work it out.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is not as if one group can stand up unilaterally and say that it has a motion and everyone else must agree to table the motion that day.