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Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: So it is only a principle that has come from the Dáil reform committee and Standing Orders do not preclude it.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: We have many motions before us every week that say "notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders". Nobody can comprehend staying from 10 p.m. until midnight to discuss something instead of doing so from 10 a.m. until noon.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is not true. Deputy John Lahart spoke to people about it.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: I did not say he was. He is on the Business Committee.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: We argued for an early sitting this week.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: You do not want to condemn Russia in Aleppo. That is your problem.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: You would never condemn Russia.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: You guys are incapable of condemning Russia.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: Absolutely. Always dilute the Russian contribution to the slaughter and genocide in Aleppo.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: I am glad I have excited some bloody activity on it at some stage.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: There you go again.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: I am doing my best not to be provoked by the pro-Russia alliance on my right, extending right across to Sinn Féin, which has been a consistent theme of this Dáil.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: I will not withdraw it. There is a commitment in the programme for Government on mental health and on the confidence and supply agreement. Many people in the mental health community want the Government to be very clear on the investment of €35 million annually in terms of the implementation of the recommendations of A Vision for Change. In recent times, the €35 million has...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Ó Snodaigh just said he was totally happy-----

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----that did not involve divisions.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: It was raised.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: It was raised consistently. Many Members have been raising this consistently and I have been saying it for a long time. It is just not sustainable. I agree with the suggestion that the attack on Aleppo be debated on Thursday afternoon.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: It can change.

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.