Results 23,121-23,140 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy knows the rules as well as I do. If we were to depart from them in the manner proposed, it would set a precedent. We will not do so. Deputies can raise the matter with anyone they wish in any form they wish.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister was the final speaker.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister finished the debate.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: When I took the Chair, I had before me a long list of speaking slots, but there were no Deputies present to fill them. When the final speaker concluded, we had to proceed to the next business.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: According to the order, a Minister or a Minister of State shall be called on to make a statement in reply which will not exceed five minutes. The Minister was called on because no further speakers were available at the time.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy is missing the point. When the second last speaker sat down, the Minister became the final speaker because no other Deputies were present. He was entitled to reply for not more than five minutes. That is the end of the story and I do not propose to break the rules.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I will explain the matter in its entirety. Deputy Eamon Scanlon was in possession when the debate was adjourned the previous day. He concluded his contribution this afternoon, at which point we had a rí-rá about the list of speakers along party lines. The order provides that all other Members have ten minutes' speaking time each and that the Minister or a Minister of State shall...
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: No.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, but I am closing the discussion. I ask the Deputy to, please, resume her seat. The speaking slots are set out in the normal manner, with the Government, the Fianna Fáil Party and the various Opposition parties and groups listed. The list did not feature the names of Deputies. We would have proceeded if the names of Deputies had been listed, but there was no one in the House.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: As the Deputy knows, a point of order does not arise.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I will not change my mind. When it became obvious that there were no other speakers, I asked who was the next speaker on the following item of business. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has come to the Chamber to deal with the next business and we should deal with it now because otherwise we will delay him. I do not mind if Deputies wish to delay the Minister all day. It is...
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: No clarification is required. The position is crystal clear.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I did not have a list of speakers at the time, although I have one now.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: After Deputy Louise O'Reilly spoke, the next slot was to have been taken by the Labour Party, followed by Solidarity-People Before Profit and Deputy Clare Daly. No one was present in the Chamber at that point.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: Yes, but the bottom line is that there was no one in the Chamber. I am sorry, but we must proceed to the next business. I have been in a similar position as the Deputies. It is a matter of watching who is speaking in the House.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: Members could do that. Perhaps they might raise the matter at the Business Committee.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: I do not have a problem with that suggestion.
- Topical Issue Debate (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: With the agreement of the House, we will take the matter raised by Deputy Michael Harty first as Deputy Jonathan O'Brien is not present.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister has spoken. It was the closing speech.
- National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)
Bernard Durkan: A single sentence, please.