Results 29,501-29,520 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: On Second Stage Deputies speak to the principle of a Bill. They may speak about what is or could be included in the Bill, but they cannot dwell all day on one section. We are not on Committee Stage.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Does Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett wish to speak-----
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy is out of order.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy must resume his seat.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy must resume his seat. He is eroding Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett's time. I ask Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett to proceed on the Adoption (Amendment) Bill.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: If the Deputy persists in pursuing an argument with the Chair, there is only one conclusion to which I can come. If he wishes to proceed, he should do so and, if not, I will call the next speaker.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: He may do so, if he is in order.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry for repeating myself, but I have brought to the Deputy's attention the need to proceed in a particular direction. If he wishes to do otherwise, let it be on his own head.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The Chair does not interrupt; the Chair intervenes.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I remind the Deputy that the debate is on the Adoption (Amendment) Bill. He may make a passing reference only.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: That is fine, but I again remind the Deputy that the Adoption (Amendment) Bill is the subject matter before the House. There are various passing references that are acceptable, but the Deputy may not make a speech on housing.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: It is bizarre only on the basis of the perspective from which one views it.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Or from the perspective demanded by the legislation before the House.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, but there is no use in going on with this nonsense any longer. I again remind the Deputy that we are dealing with the Adoption (Amendment) Bill.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Just wait one second.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: No, the Deputy should hold on.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: If the Deputy wants to go off on a tangent, he may, by all means, make a passing reference to housing as a contributory factor which affects children, but he is not to-----
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: No, the Deputy will not decide.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy is an experienced Member of the House and knows full well what the rules are.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Bernard Durkan: It may well be bizarre, but the Deputy must continue on the Adoption (Amendment) Bill. He may make a passing reference to another matter, as he has already done. As someone who has himself been called to order on this subject on many occasions in the House-----