Results 18,381-18,400 of 18,738 for speaker:Michael McDowell
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: You gave me a lecture on what the normal procedure is in committees-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----I am fully aware of that-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----and I am saying this is a disgrace and I am going to bring to the attention of the media what is envisaged in relation to the so-called consideration. There is a picket outside of probable extremists but the people are entitled that their Parliament would not delegate to a committee consideration of a hugely important piece of law-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----and then have this whitewash charter decide what will happen at that committee.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: I do not need any assistance. I only need one assistance and that is your silence, Chair. I only need that assistance. I protest most strongly about what is happening. It is wrong. We are turning this Parliament into a rubber-stamp assembly and if anybody wants to look-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----at the recent referendum-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----and what happens to rubber-stamp politics-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----as a result. Unfortunately in this case-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----the people will not be given their chance in a referendum vote.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: But the time has come, Chair, for people----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----in both Houses to stand up for their rights as elected public representatives-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----and to insist-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----this measure is properly-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----considered before it becomes part of our law at constitutional level.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: I wrote to the committee and-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----I asked for a private session of the committee to consider what we would do. That is the reasonable thing to do. Instead I get this insult to parliamentary democracy.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: The public will not see any of that, as you well know.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: As you well know, this will be done behind closed doors.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: Yesterday, I referred to a peaceful protest outside the House here as being probably extremist. I want to apologise to the people who participated in that protest. They were, in fact they were an entirely legitimate and well-intentioned group of people who came to protest. I received an email today from Michelle Keane, who organised it. I want to acknowledge that it was unfair of me to...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)
Michael McDowell: I tried.