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Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is fine. It is the outcome that concerns me. When I raised the issue and drew your attention to the Constitution and to what was in the motion, you told us that we would be able to vary the Order of Business for the House next week. I am going to keep you to that. You figure out how to do it, because we want the Order of Business varied for next week. We want a normal week's...

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am putting it to the test.

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: As far as this proposal to adjourn until 2.30 p.m. next Wednesday is concerned, the Labour Party opposes it. If we are going to have an anodyne week it might as well start on Tuesday as Wednesday.

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise two matters, both of which are points of order. The first is that Members of this House are entitled to make a point of order. With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, you must take the point of order and hear it. I appreciate that there has been a bit of ruaille buaille in the course of the-----

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The second point of order I am raising is that the motion which the Government has presented about next week's business has not yet been voted on. There are some questions which I wish to put to you, in your capacity as Chair of the House and the holder of the office to protect our rights here as Members. In the course of the earlier exchanges, you told us that the House was master of its...

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to vary the Order of Business for next week and I will be proposing to do so at 2.30 p.m. next Wednesday. If the motion we will shortly be voting on is passed and there is no Order of Business, I would like the Ceann Comhairle to tell me what opportunity I will have to propose that the Order of Business be varied. If there is no Standing Order 32, what opportunity will I have to ask...

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: If there is no Adjournment motion, how will I get a response from a Minister to my questions? If there are no oral questions, how can I put a question to a Minister on matters of importance? In any event, how will the House decide on these issues if we do not have an opportunity to divide? I noted earlier there are provisions in the Constitution to deal with these matters. I put it to the...

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not so.

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It may surprise the Ceann Comhairle but we are not a one-party State.

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I have raised-----

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I have put what I think are reasonable points of order to the Ceann Comhairle and I asked him to rule on them. I find his response quite interesting. I challenge his interpretation that the Government proposes and the House disposes. We are not a rubber stamp. Every Member of this House has rights, some of which allow us to make Private Members' proposals.

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We are normally allowed to ask questions and make Adjournment requests. The effect of the proposal before the House would be to stand down for the entirety of next week the rights of every Member of this House.

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not acceptable. The Ceann Comhairle spoke about precedent. That will fundamentally change the relationship between Government and Parliament. It is not the case, and I will oppose the assertion, that the way the Parliament works is through the Government proposing and the House disposing. We have rights here.

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We have rights as individual Members and as representatives of Opposition parties. It is the Ceann Comhairle's responsibility to defend these rights and to be fair to every Member of this House. The proposed motion, which apparently must be taken without debate, will in effect stand down the rights of Deputies. It is the Ceann Comhairle's job to defend our rights, ensure that every Member...

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Last Thursday the Dáil passed a motion, which the Labour Party opposed, dealing with the business for this week. That motion did not exclude the hearing of Leaders' Questions today. There was no reference in the motion to Standing Order 27, the Standing order that deals with Leaders' Question. That Standing Order was not stood down by the motion put by the Government and passed last week....

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, you are wrong.

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I submit to the Ceann Comhairle that his ruling is wrong and that he should reconsider.

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order-----

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The item to which we are moving on is important and I do not wish to delay or curtail it.

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I dispute the Ceann Comhairle's interpretation of the matters we have been discussing and I want to return to it at a later stage, but I will not do so now.