Results 6,101-6,120 of 10,977 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Those opposite fell asleep on the job for four years.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: On a point of order-----
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: On a point of order-----
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: It is very clear that this House has become totally and utterly subservient to the Government.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I want to find out when the Ceann Comhairle intends to address that issue. It goes back to the fact that a Clerk of the Dáil has still not been appointed, almost six months after----
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: It goes to the heart of what is happening here today. The House is being abused by the Government. It has failed to appoint a Clerk of the Dáil, a chief executive, to allow the House to operate its own business. The Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, promised us that the matter would be addressed in legislation. Obviously, Fine Gael won yet again against the Labour Party. The Labour...
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I have raised a point of order. My question is: when is the House going to become independent again?
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: When is the Fine Gael Government going to take its clutches off the way in which the business of this House is managed and allow the Members to address it through the commission as they always have done?
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I am asking the Government side when will it let its hands go from the tiller of the way this House operates? The chief executive has not been appointed.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Can the Whip please tell us when that is going to happen?
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I have asked a question on a point of order.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Before the Leas-Cheann Comhairle calls someone else will he get my question answered please?
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Can I get my question answered before------
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I do not want to get into a round robin situation here. When am I going to get an answer?
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I accept that the Leas-Cheann Comhairle has that discretion but I am waiting for an answer.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Can I get an answer to the question? I have posed a serious question, raised as a point of order.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Can I please get an answer to the question?
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: This goes to the fundamental aspect of the way this House is run, how it orders its business and how the Members get to have a say in the running of the House. It is quite distinct from the way the Government does its business. It used to be said that our Parliament was weak by comparison to the control of the Government. Today it has become a sub-committee of Government.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I cannot accept that for the people who have elected us.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The question I have raised has not been answered.