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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: In the context of Standing Orders, Senators are to address their remarks to the item outlined by the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: I am relying on the advice of the Clerk in respect of-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: On an ordinary day, the convention of the House is that Senators can raise items that are not related to the Order of Business. However, that is not strictly within the rules of the House. A practice has developed over time whereby people bring up items that are not related to the matters that have been raised by the Leader on any sitting day. This issue can be raised at the meeting of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: Senator Mullen will be given an opportunity to come back in at his allotted time. We are dealing with group leaders now. I ask the-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: Correct.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: Correct.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: Correct.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: May I address what has been said? The business outlined today is based on a letter from the Taoiseach to the Cathaoirleach and it is different from any other day because it is normally the Leader-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: What fetters us are the rules of the House, which are strict. There has been a convention to allow matters such as those that Senator Ó Donnghaile and others wished to raise but such convention is not strictly within the rules of the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: The Senator is here as long as I have been and he has a copy of Standing Orders. Those Standing Orders specifically state with reference to the Order of Business that we are to discuss the item being outlined by the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: It is a special sitting of the House, with a direct request of me by the Taoiseach under Standing Order 22(2). It is a special sitting and different from one where the business is outlined by the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: As the Senator is aware, the convention for the Order of Business is that Senators are supposed to confine themselves to what has been outlined to the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: It is in the Standing Orders.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: I was not in the House at the time former Senator Kiely was Cathaoirleach but I know if anybody brought up anything aside from the items before the House on the Order of Business, he would stop it. I have not done that and previous occupants of my position have not done it. We have developed a custom now-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: There are Standing Orders for that too.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: The Senator raised with me a month ago that he wanted a debate on the issue of higher education but he did not follow-up on it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: I remind the Senator-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: The Seanad will return on the date agreed when the House recessed in July, which is 16 September 2020. The Senator agreed to it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: The Senator agreed to that proposal. I remind members that it is open to any Senator to write to me under Standing Orders, which Senator Craughwell undertook to do in regard to the Minister for Education and Skills coming before the House, but he did not do it. Had he written to me, I would have followed up on the matter. The Senator chose not to do so.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Mark Daly: It is open to the Senator and anybody else to do so at any time.