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Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, that Dáil reform committee is not formed under the D'Hondt system and its representation does not reflect the various strengths in the House. We have a situation-----

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: You opened this matter, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: Large parties in the House-----

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----do not get fairness in the allocation of speaking time. We will have a pre-Council debate tomorrow and a party with five Members will have the same amount of speaking time as a party with 44.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: I am resuming my seat. You raised the issue and I am responding to it with a point of order.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: What is happening at present is not satisfactory. I do not know how many times we have to communicate that.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: Yes, before everything else was agreed.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: He is adamant that he did.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: We were told-----

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: I oppose the late sitting from 10 p.m. to midnight for the budget debate. We have argued this at the Business Committee. It seems ridiculous that the Dáil is starting at 2 p.m. today, 12 noon tomorrow and 12 noon on Thursday.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: The budget is a central piece of business for the year. That is how it is presented. Historically, Deputies got an opportunity to have their say in a budget debate during the general discussion on the financial resolutions. Our view is that it is not tenable to proceed on the basis that the Dáil can only have plenary sessions at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 12 noon on Wednesdays and...

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: So they are frozen.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: The spokesman said the opposite after the Taoiseach said the same thing to Deputy Howlin the last day.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: My understanding is that it is looking for five more judges.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: If there is an 11-year-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: If it is going to take a decade to clear it, the Taoiseach needs to respond to what he is being told to do.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: We have vacancies.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: There are 187-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: This has been done with the District Court and the Circuit Court.