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Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: In five years you did nothing.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Joan of Arc. She is a saint.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Time is up.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: We have.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I asked to be next.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: It depends on what Deputy McDonald has to say.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: That would be a first.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Why did you not try to write the Tesco ad?

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: If we vote for it.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, our understanding was that we had ten minutes each, but you seemed to indicate that we have ten minutes between three of us.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: A Cheann Comhairle, I wish to put on record that in this session, Fianna Fáil, with almost 30% of the seats in this House, has had less than 5% of the time. It is happening constantly.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: There are parties in the House, such as the Green Party - and good luck to the Green Party; I have nothing personal against it - that have two Members, yet they have as much time as us, with 43 Members. Earlier, Deputy Catherine Murphy, speaking on another topic, talked about a distortion of the democratic process. If one wants to see a distortion of the democratic process, this is a...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: To repeat what Deputy Catherine Murphy said, it is a distortion of the democratic process, and it must change, because we are not going to put up with it. I want to make that absolutely clear. In the two or three minutes I have, I wish to dispel a few misconceptions. First, it is well known that we had the option of being part of this Government. We were approached and offered half the...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The fact of the matter is that we are the lead party in Opposition. If one looks at the framework document, one will see that our support for the Government will be be based on its implementation of those principles, which are designed to make a fairer and more just society in this country. This country will be a better place for the fact that we have such an input in policy because of our...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I do not know in what school of economics the Labour Party got that-----

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: -----but the lone parents did not share its view. To be clear, if you consider the framework document, which is the only document to which I am a party and to which my party has signed up-----

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: As my transfers helped to bring her in, I suppose she can say a few words. However, the framework document is the only document to which I and this party are parties. Deputy Bríd Smith referred to another document, namely, the programme for Government. I have not yet studied it. It was signed-----

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Just a minute now. I did not interrupt the Deputy.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: She is interrupting me.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Excuse me, but she is interrupting me.