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Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: They must be in limbo.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: Fine Gael already has done that.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: Briefly, on the same issue, while I would not normally make reference to this in the House, the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, required a hospital procedure that would have resulted, presumably-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: -----in his powers as Minister for Justice and Law Reform being transferred at that time some days ago to another Minister. Does the Tánaiste know who was the Minister in those circumstances-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: -----who took over the powers of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: -----at a time when the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, could not exercise those powers for the specific reason mentioned?

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: Does that Minister retain the powers of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform? This is not a minor matter.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: If the Tánaiste, as Deputy Prime Minister of this country-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: -----does not know the answer to that question-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: -----the Government is not functional.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Government is not functional-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: -----and Members are entitled to know the answer to that question.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: A Cheann Comhairle, it should not be necessary, in the context of-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: Has the Taoiseach done that?

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: Where is the Taoiseach hiding?

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

Alan Shatter: Yes, not the future of Fianna Fáil.

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

Alan Shatter: The Taoiseach does not have the authority to do it.

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

Alan Shatter: On a point of order, it is a tradition in the House that on an occasion such as this the leader of each party makes a contribution. I am wondering whether we are going to hear from Banquo's ghost. I wonder will the leader of the Green Party or his sidekick-----

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: I welcome the fact that this Bill is being discussed in the House. There are aspects of the Bill that deserve support and there are other aspects that deserve to be teased out, and many of my colleagues on this side of the House have already referred to them. I am aware within my own constituency the issue of the post code structure is a particular concern in terms of the loss of identity....

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2011)

Alan Shatter: Before this adjourns today the Minister, Deputy Gormley, should come in here and put on the record of this House the events of the past 24 hours, his discussions with the Taoiseach and whether, for example, in the context of the Green Party, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan, sought that perhaps he would act simultaneously with his current brief and...