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Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to be patient.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is relevant and tiresome. Allow me to finish my point. This reduction translates to a €40 a week reduction in pay for a 40-hour week, which most people work in the services sector. In the context of Dáil reform there is nothing at all in the proposals presented, and this is causing enormous and understandable anger across the country about ministerial salaries and the arrangements...

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A Cheann Comhairle, can you not understand that this is part of Dáil reform, the remuneration of Members of the House?

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With all due respect to the Ceann Comhairle, haranguing Members in here is simply not acceptable.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am and I have just done that. That is exactly the context in which I posed my question. This is another critical element of Dáil reform and it must be addressed. I await the Minister of State's reply.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It was 12 months ago.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I ask a brief supplementary?

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State said that 96% of parliamentary questions received by the HSE in the first part of this year have been responded to. However, the 12 plus questions I have posed, covering a number of areas, including vetting arrangements in regard to those with responsibility for care of children in the State's control, remain part of the outstanding 4%. These are important questions...

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy should not rule us out so soon.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, it is not agreed to. Before agreeing, I seek clarification from the Taoiseach. I refer again to the matter I raised with him yesterday regarding the constitutionality of the IMF agreement. Has the Taoiseach sought legal advice in respect of the position he has taken in this House in response to this Deputy and others? Has the Taoiseach referred the matter to the Attorney General?

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: All too sadly, it has everything to do with it. Finally, when will the memorandum of agreement, as well as any other technical data pertaining to that agreement, be published? While I will reserve my final point to the Order of Business proper in respect of promised legislation, what steps, if any, has the Taoiseach taken to establish the accuracy of the position he argues, namely, that it...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is absolutely relevant because Members have provision for the continuation of statements on this matter in this House in terms of the ordering of-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, it cannot.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, I do not stand up here every day to have a blistering row with the Ceann Comhairle. It is in the context of the Order of Business. Today's business provides for the continuation of statements that commenced yesterday.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is in order. I am asking the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----because I do not know.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have asked a reasonable question. Has the Taoiseach established whether the position he has taken in response to this Deputy-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Surely the Taoiseach can respond.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It pertains to the ordering of today's business.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach in a position to answer my question?