Results 13,841-13,860 of 36,321 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: We proposed to put a motion before this House to be debated on to abolish water charges at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 22 March.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: The motion is there and the effect of it will be to abolish water charges and I call for a vote.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Okay-----
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: For clarity, a Cheann Comhairle, is it not up to the House to agree? No one is trying to force anything on anyone.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: It is up to the House to agree it. If the House does not agree to accept the motion, we will accept that.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: What we are doing-----
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: I am not finished my comment but-----
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: First of all, the House has not agreed to accept three motions. We have not agreed on that part yet. We have only agreed-----
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Deputy Micheál Martin, you have been here for a long time. The Order Paper is presented-----
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: A Cheann Comhairle, the Order Paper is presented not as afait accomplibut for agreement of the House. I am pointing out to you that the Order Paper has not been accepted. You indicated in your earlier comments that the Order Paper was open to amendment. Is that right?
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: What Sinn Féin is putting forward very clearly is that we are amending the Order Paper for the sitting of Tuesday, 22 March to allow for this House to agree to scrap water charges.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: The Ceann Comhairle can have an interpretation that, under normal procedures, this would be part of Private Members' business but to my knowledge, there is nothing in Standing Orders that prevents the House from agreeing to accept a motion on Tuesday, 22 March to abolish water charges. If I am incorrect on something that would prevent this House from agreeing that, you may point it out to...
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Under what Standing Order is the House prevented from agreeing a motion?
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: A Cheann Comhairle, I believe - you may correct me if I am wrong - that you may not have the authority to say that is not allowed. You mentioned earlier that it is the prerogative of the Taoiseach to set the Order of Business. My understanding is that you have a responsibility to ask the Taoiseach if he would accept that amendment.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: If the Taoiseach is open to having statements on amending-----
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: If the Taoiseach is open to an amendment under the Standing Orders, as we have already done with the 10.30 a.m. sitting, then it can be permitted.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: Ask him.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: He is misleading the House.
- Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, I seek clarification because I believe the Dáil should meet for the rest of the week, but it is clear that this will not happen.
- Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)
Pearse Doherty: On a point of order-----