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Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: That is the ruling.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: The Minister would recognise that.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: What does the Minister mean by that?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: There was a time when the PDs were able to get candidates. It was a good time.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: On a point of order-——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: Is there not a long-standing convention in this House that Members do not make reference to the Office of President or to the incumbent? This is quite disgraceful irrespective of the election that is to come. There is a long-standing precedent on that since the foundation of this State. I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to rule on that. People who have occupied the Chair's seat have ruled on it...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: The Minister has no right to comment on the behaviour of the President in office or whether she should declare herself a candidate in the forthcoming election.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I ask you to rule on this.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: Will you ask the Minister to withdraw his comments?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: He referred to what was available to the incumbent should Her Excellency wish to contest the election. I do not mind the Minister's insults——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: Will the Minister take responsibility for his words?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: I heard what the Minister said. At least, I stand over what I say. The Minister does not remember what he says.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: It is like Alice in Wonderland — words are whatever he says they are.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: The Minister claimed that the President's opponents would be allowed to shout as loud as they wished. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle ruled on it and he must withdraw the comment.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: It is in his speech.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: Does the Minister want us to rake it up again? It is in his script.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: It is in the script.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: He left a whole lot out.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: I welcome the suggestion that we should have a mature debate and that we should deal straightforwardly with the public about the issues at stake here. I begin by correcting the latest I have heard, with respect, from the Minister for Defence, Deputy Smith, the suggestion that we are putting ourselves in line with the European Union in terms of arrangements. We are not being asked by the...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Michael D Higgins: But not their parents.