Results 3,181-3,200 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Yes, but that is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I remind Senators not to delay further. As the debate has proceeded, I have become cognisant of flimsy points of order being introduced. In fact, they are not points of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Unless Senators want the debate to roll on, they should allow Senator Jim Walsh to conclude. Four other Senators wish to contribute.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: This is Report Stage and I do not want to wander into other sections of the Bill.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: With all due respect, the Senator is wandering beyond the remit of this amendment No. 1.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: There may be other areas of the Bill where the Senator can contribute but I do not want him expanding on different views or parliamentary rules.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator MacSharry, you should understand my position.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I should have order. If I allow the Senator to wander and digress, I would have to allow the same latitude to others, and I cannot do that. We are on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: What the Senator is saying is outside the issue before us. I ask Senator Mullen to speak.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Yes, but the Senator has been digressing. I have ruled on the matter.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: If you accepted it, you would sit down.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator MacSharry, please.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: It is unfortunate that you are testing the patience of the Chair. I take it the Senator is not speaking any more on the Bill.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Senator to confine himself to discussing the section.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: What Senators have said on Second and Committee Stages is, in many ways, irrelevant because we are debating Report Stage and must deal with 62 amendments. If I allow Senators Mullen and MacSharry to wander in their contributions then others may want to wander or will feel disenfranchised or otherwise when it comes to making contributions.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator is broadening the debate again.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: We are on amendment No. 1.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I have ruled on this.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: No. The amendment is on medical procedures, not on the language used. The Senator tried to ruin this discussion previously. What he is trying to do in an uncouth way is to expand on the topic, but I have ruled on it and have tried to suppress it.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The matter is beyond the remit of the section.