Results 16,961-16,980 of 26,268 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, you have been advised on two occasions in relation to this. The interpretation of Standing Orders is not mine alone. The interpretation of Standing Orders that you have been given is that of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service, of our legal department and is the interpretation, I think, of the majority of members of the Business Committee, all of whom have made it abundantly clear...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No, you are not in order, Deputy Smith. You have Private Members' time tomorrow evening, Deputy Murphy, and you have chosen not to take this. That is your business, Deputy; nobody else's. I cannot hear you, Deputy Smith. I am sorry.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No, you are out of order. You can have only one Member of your party speaking on the Order of Business. You have objected to the Order-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Well, excuse me-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Excuse me, Deputy. You had a formal briefing, which I organised, at which the Secretary General, senior staff and members the OPLA were present and explained the situation to you. You may not have agreed with the outcome because it did not suit the particular approach you had-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Sorry, Deputy. You are not in order.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, you are not in order, Deputy. You are objecting to the Order of Business; that is fine. I will put the question. Sorry, Deputy Mac Lochlainn.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We cannot get into that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We cannot get into that. Wait now, please. We have a highly reputable skilled and experienced legal team who work for us here in the Houses of the Oireachtas. They have taken on numerous cases on our behalf. We have put our faith in them. I have absolute faith in them, as I have absolute faith in the senior members of the service who are absolutely objective and impartial. They have...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, you are not the leader of the group. Deputy Paul Murphy has been speaking.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Resume your seat, Deputy Smith.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: What are you doing, Deputy?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It does not present any problem.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We cannot drive the horse backwards and forwards at the same time. It is that we either accept the advice or we do not.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Then bring that up at the Dáil reform committee.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is a perfectly reasonable proposition.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: As a member of the Dáil reform committee, you can bring it up there.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Do that. Is the proposal for dealing with today's business agreed to?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the proposal for dealing with Wednesday's business agreed to?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is a very serious charge, Deputy. I did not hear any contradictory advice given to anybody. I refute the idea that the parliamentary legal department gave contradictory advice to anyone. I also refute the allegation that we are trying to block something that is somebody's constitutional initiative. You have tabled, as is your right, a motion which you could take, if you wanted to,...