Results 21,641-21,660 of 26,248 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Taoiseach will not be amending Standing Orders, the House will.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can you resume your seat, Deputy Cullinane?

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can you resume your seat, Deputy Cullinane? Your leader has adequately addressed those issues. The sub-committee on Dáil reform meets tomorrow. Sinn Féin will be very well represented on the sub-committee. Many of the proposals your party has put forward, Deputy Cullinane, are solid, sustainable proposals which, I imagine, Members on all sides of the House will be able to agree...

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is it agreed, therefore, that we will meet-----

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, Deputy. We are perfectly clear, as is the Deputy, on what the position is. We have a proposal before us that the House consider nominations for Taoiseach on 6 April in accordance with the proposal from the acting Taoiseach. That is very clear and there is not a person in the Chamber who does not understand it. I will, therefore, put the proposal and Members may agree or disagree...

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Excuse me, Deputy. Will the Deputy, please, resume his seat? We will then move on to consider other matters, including the revised order.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Again, let me be-----

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call Deputy Micheál Martin on the same matter.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The position is clear; an amendment has been proposed to the Order of Business. The order on 6 April was agreed to by the House on 10 March. The Taoiseach has brought a proposal before us today. That is what we have to decide on now and nothing else. Therefore, I am putting the question.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The point is made. I call Deputy Halligan.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: As we meet today, we are bound by the Standing Orders this House has adopted. The House has spoken about reform for 40 years. Tomorrow we are going to meet and, I hope, begin the process of reform. I hope some of the reforms can be enacted, by consensus, on 6 April. However, until 6 April there will be no facility to stray beyond the terms of the Standing Orders we have. The question now...

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Does the Taoiseach want to make a brief comment in response to the points that have been raised?

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy. By way of response to the points raised by Deputies Adams, Pringle and Paul Murphy, there are a couple of matters to take into account. As we meet today, we are bound by the current Standing Orders of the House. Tomorrow, we will convene the first meeting of the Dáil reform committee. Having read all 22 submissions, it appears that there is a substantial amount of...

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I appreciate the Deputy's points and it is open to the Taoiseach to consider the first of those but it is not open to me at all to allow the Deputy to move the suspension of Standing Orders, as we are operating under them and they preclude him from doing what he is proposing. The rules as they stand are explicit at Standing Order 177(3) and do not allow him to do what he is attempting. As...

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is a second matter that I will discuss in a minute.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Yes but the Deputy is long enough here to realise that change can only be made on the proposal of the Government. The Government is proposing a change-----

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Let us be a little orderly.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are dealing with the return of the House on 6 April to consider the nomination of a Member as Taoiseach. Are we in favour of that or not?

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: On the amendment, we are simply talking about the Taoiseach's proposal that nominations for Taoiseach be considered on 6 April. We are simply dealing with that issue.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Anois, le do thoil.