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- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: On a point of order, I am not aware of any precedent for this ruling. It sounds like the Government is making it up. The record of the House-----
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: I am making a point of order. The record of the House clearly shows that amendment No.3 was passed yesterday. It was called out by the Leas-Ceann Comhairle no less than three times. The Leas-Ceann Comhairle then said that amendment No. 3 was agreed. It was agreed and there was no dissent whatsoever and no comment from the Government side. When there is no comment and no dissent, that is...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: The Minister said he made a mistake.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: No, he did not.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: That is not what was stated on the Order of Business today, with respect.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: This is something that was concocted-----
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: -----between yourself and the Government Whip. Yesterday, the Minister, either by accident or design, but in my view rightly, assented to a simple, cost free amendment on the part of the Labour Party to have a report on the cost of tax expenditures presented within a month of the Finance Bill. I welcomed the Minister's new spirit of bipartisanship earlier because it makes sense. The...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: A Cheann Comhairle, can I read out-----
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: I have a copy of the Official Report-----
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: It states, "Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 not moved". The business then moved on.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Despite amendments Nos. 4 and 5 having been dealt with already.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: The Ceann Comhairle should read the Official Report.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Was the proposal in regard to amendment No. 3 a parole statement by the Taoiseach that none of us on this side of the House could hear? Did he whisper it under his breath because it is not written down-----
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: -----or discussed.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Did the Taoiseach mutter something under his breath?
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: The Ceann Comhairle is meant to protect the interests of this side of the House and it is not permissible for the Taoiseach, on a Bill as important as the Finance Bill, to seek to prevaricate and play a trick on the structure and the procedures of this House. When did the Taoiseach say this? Is the Ceann Comhairle saying he said it because he did not present it to the Whips nor did he...
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: No. It is not in the written order that came before this House.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: When did the Taoiseach say it?
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: There is not.
- Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)
Joan Burton: Is the Ceann Comhairle saying the Taoiseach muttered something on the other side of the House that was not audible?