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Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle will not listen to any point of view. I am supportive of the Donegal South-West by-election being held. The Chair has decided on No. 2 about which I want to raise a number of points of order. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who has responsibility for this is not here. He should be here. I want to save the Irish taxpayer serious money.

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I offer the Taoiseach in the spirit of constructive progress a copy of our Bill, which was published in May this year by Deputy Phil Hogan, namely, the Electoral Representation (Amendment) Bill. This would allow for the business of the House to be conducted by itself and for the filling of all casual vacancies within a six-month period. If the Taoiseach decides to come in with his own Bill...

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: If the Taoiseach and the Government want to prolong their own stay in office by making an appeal to the Supreme Court, which will prevent legal action being taken by anybody else in respect of pending by-elections in other constituencies, that speaks for itself. It is an attempt to use court time to have a longer stay in a government, which is doomed.

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have a straight question. The Taoiseach has asked for constructive suggestions. Is he prepared to accept this Bill or to come in with his own next week to allow the House to fill all casual vacancies within a six-month period? If so, we will not have any further row about this.

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: One debate-----

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: If that is the way to run-----

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: If that is the way the Taoiseach runs his Cabinet, it is no wonder the country is in the state that it is in.

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I never thought that this Government would show such cowardice in facing the people.

Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I thought that question had already been put before the House was suspended.

Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Arising from the last remark of the Taoiseach, it is the responsibility of this House what to do about by-elections. I suggest the Taoiseach brings in a Bill, accepts a Bill that we have published or accepts the recommendation of the Oireachtas committee that these matters be regularised, that the Dáil should have a legislative basis for saying that all future vacancies be filled within a...

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Before we deal with any business here, I should like confirmation from the Taoiseach that arising from the judgment of the High Court, yesterday, which is very clear in its ruling-----

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I understand that. We are now in a position where the Attorney General has not given clear advice in the event of the Government winning an appeal to the Supreme Court. We are in the throes of preparation for a budget and fiscal plans at a time special needs hours have been reduced and home help care is under pressure, and the Government is going to appeal to the Supreme Court on the...

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----at a considerable cost to the taxpayer, when the Government was given a clear option last May, in a Bill published by Deputy Hogan, for the filling of casual vacancies arising in the Dáil to the effect that a time limit of six months should be imposed, which was constructive-----

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----objective and realistic. The Government refused to do that and voted it down. It was then ordered by the High Court, effectively, to hold this by-election.

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The point is that this appeal to the Supreme Court will not only cost the taxpayer money, but anybody in this House is capable of defining what an inordinate delay is, in this context. The Bill proposed by Deputy Hogan last May-----

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am not out of order on the Order of Business.

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am not out of order on the Order of Business. As stated, before I agree to any of the proposals, I want my question answered.

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I recommend to the Government and Taoiseach that this decision not be appealed to the Supreme Court and that the Bill produced last May by Fine Gael be introduced, which Bill allows for orderly, realistic and objective legislation-----

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----which would not require the Government to be involved in this mess whereby the High Court has effectively ordered it to hold a by-election and in respect of which it now intends to cost the taxpayer more money by going to the Supreme Court for a definition that any man in the street could give, namely, six months is the period within which all vacancies should be filled.

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: What is going on here is that-----