Results 25,161-25,180 of 26,300 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is it agreed that we will defer?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy MacSharry is here.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: There may be others who are waiting for Deputy MacSharry to-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I do not know. I am not a clairvoyant.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Members are not agreeing to giving Deputy MacSharry some time.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I take it that the Chief Whip has knowledge of others who wish to contribute.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Because they cannot be here-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Are we going to call a vote on whether we have more time to-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputies, let us think about this. The public is looking in. We have been asking for weeks, quite rightly in my view, for more time to discuss this. The Chief Whip has come in to say that the Government is going to give us more time and now the Members are going to say they do not want more time.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am certainly not agreeing to sitting here for another hour. That will mean we will be here until 1 a.m. The Deputy might like to be here but I am not going to ask the staff to be here until those unearthly hours. It is not agreed. Are we going to have a vote?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: People come up to me constantly and ask me if they can get in. I do everything I can to facilitate that.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It would be without precedent. I have never heard of a situation in which Members came in and made a decision but wanted to know the names of the people who potentially wanted to speak if the time was allocated. That has never happened and it is not going to happen now.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am not going to allow the Whip to respond to that because that is not a question that bears answering. The reality is that we are scheduled to go on after this to votable business. I presume everybody who should have people here to vote are going to be here to vote. Are you calling a vote on this?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I have assured Deputy MacSharry, who had indicated to me that he wanted to speak, that time would be made available to him. You are now indicating, Deputy, that you want time. It is 7.55 p.m. and we must conclude at 8 p.m. The Minister is required to respond. Her response stretches to ten minutes. It is physically impossible to conclude the business within the timescale set out. The...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It would be my view that Deputy Mac Lochlainn's proposal is in direct contradiction to what has been proposed. They are negatived. I would assume that we then have a vote on the Chief Whip's recommendation.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The question is carried. That means Deputy MacSharry gets his five minutes.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Yes.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy MacSharry's audience is a bit depleted and he was ready to rise to the task of a full house. Could those leaving please clear the House quietly?

Message from Select Committee (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 and has made no amendments thereto.

Employment Permits Bill 2022: From the Seanad (19 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Seanad amendments Nos. 1 and 5 are related and will be discussed together.