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Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: We will need to debate this and call a division at some stage, be it today or tomorrow.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Rather than divide the House-----

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I have an objection to the taking of the Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: No motion will move the industrial Bill this evening.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: That is fine. We have no problem with that.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I have gone through the legislative programme for the spring and summer of 2014, and in view of the huge criticism of the establishment of NAMA prior to the election of 2011, I can find no impending legislation to amend NAMA or abolish NAMA. Is it omitted by accident or by design? Is there any intention to bring forward amending legislation?

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: He is happy with it now.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I am just making points I believe will have major repercussions in times ahead.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Government has a majority in Parliament. Will it apply the Whip in deciding membership?

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Will there be a full Whip system in place? The key issue is whether there can be objective analysis of a prospective committee member's interests or of whether he or she has expressed biased opinions in a previous time. We can see how these issues can sometimes play out in the case of jury selection in courts. However, we must be honest about what we are trying to achieve in this Chamber....

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Government will.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, with all due respect-----

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I am. I indicated at no time that we were opposing this. I said at the outset that I was highlighting the difficulties that I see with this particular inquiry, not just in the context of banking but across all issues with regard to any committee.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The import of the Chief Whip's snide remarks in this House has done no justice to this debate from the word "go".

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I listen back to him every day of the week.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: That is correct.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: He is not making a very good start.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I did not say that it was a political stunt.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I just mentioned it.

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Why did you shut down the Committee of Public Accounts? There has been interference with that committee on a regular basis. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has interfered with it with regard to the docklands. There is continuous interference with the committee.