Results 5,141-5,160 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: We cannot be dragging the President into debates in this House.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: No, it cannot be done.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: The Deputy cannot be making political points such as that on the Order of Business, as he well knows.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: Deputy Timmins is out of order and will have to take that matter up somewhere else and do it in another way.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: May I please finish? Let us be quite clear about this now, because it is important. I would remind Deputies that it is a long-standing rule of the Dáil that the President should be outside and above debate in this House.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: I cannot allow the Office of the President to become a subject of controversy on the floor of the House. I call Deputy Pat Breen.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: I cannot allow this. I have made my ruling.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: If I allow Members to raise matters which might be regarded as an attempt to protect the President, by the same token, the President could then be open to criticism, and I cannot allow that. There is no point of order. I call Deputy Charles Flanagan.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: We cannot debate the talks now. The House will hear the Taoiseach on the legislation.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: We cannot go into that now. There is another way to raise that and the Deputy can bring it up on the Adjournment, if he wishes.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: That is not in order.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: Has Deputy Durkan a specific question on legislation?
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: That is completely out of order. I call Deputy Bannon.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: The Deputy should ask about specific legislation.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: We cannot have an omnibus question.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: We cannot discuss that now.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: Is a debate promised on this issue?
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: It was disallowed under Standing Orders.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: It is hardly relevant to the Order of Business.
- Order of Business (21 May 2008)
John O'Donoghue: We cannot discuss that.