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Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Will it be held in May?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: For how long?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I would like to raise a genuine question. How can we know whether we are happy with the business for Wednesday and Thursday until we see what is agreed today? How much time will be provided for questioning? Will it be an hour? Two hours are going a-begging in terms of business.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Depending on what the Business Committee comes back with, will we be able to call a vote on the business for Wednesday or Thursday?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am not agreeing to it until I see how today's business.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: How can we know whether sufficient time will be provided for asking questions?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Can we not agree here to use the two-hour period that was to be used for the motion of no confidence? That might prevent dissatisfaction later on.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We can agree it here. We have done it before.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: -----but that is not the way the people see it.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: That is not the way other people see it, and we should not allow this resignation to be used to quash debate.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It was not unanimous if somebody disagreed with it.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It was not unanimous.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: No. Obviously we registered our position at the Business Committee. How can it be acceptable when a Minister resigns or is effectively sacked, another Minister has questions has questions to answer and the Taoiseach himself has questions to answer that there is no place for the matter to be discussed in the Dáil today? Not everybody can participate in Leaders' Questions, but there are...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: How was it acceptable for a Minister to come in and answer questions for all parties and why can it not be done this week? I appeal to other parties and individual Deputies not to allow this bureaucratic manoeuvre to quash debate. Clearly, the big two parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, have decided to press down the lid on this matter, but it certainly is not enough for people outside...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This relates to the Order of Business. Nothing was said at the Business Committee about the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and his answering questions is not on the agenda. It is not good enough for an apology to be made. There really are serious issues. Even some of the points the Taoiseach made-----

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: He basically excused the Minister and said there had been a feeding frenzy.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is utterly unacceptable. We will not allow this matter to rest until it is put on the agenda. Is it not great how Fianna Fáil has handed over its no confidence motion time for Government business? There is nothing to be seen here-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: When is he making it?

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is about Ministers.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not convenient.