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Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is a bit late now.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: No, it is not. Deputy Buttimer got stitched up by his own side.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: My party is not agreeing to the late sitting. It is appalling and farcical what is going on. I genuinely say that. There is no need for this. We are debating the order of today's business at 7.50 p.m.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is farcical.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: It would not happen in any organisation.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is not the reason.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is not the reason. We could have had the motion of confidence and the Private Members' motion, and that would be that. There is no need for this.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is just an awful ramshackle, ham-fisted-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is a ham-fisted, ridiculous and farcical way of ordering the business of this House. I would ask the Taoiseach to postpone No. 31, for example, which is to be debated for just one hour before adjourning, which could potentially bring us through to 1.30 a.m. or 1.45 a.m.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: 2 o'clock? Have we lost our marbles in this House completely?

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: Has the Taoiseach not learned anything from the last occasion when we-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: One second, a Cheann Comhairle; this is important - when we went beyond midnight-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----and how that disgraced the House and the public perception of the House? The Taoiseach is now going to say, as people prepare to march, that we will bury the water issue to the middle of the night. We are talking about trying to attract people, particularly women, into politics, and there are lifestyle issues. There is no basis whatsoever for meeting at 11 o'clock tonight.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: All Deputies, when we meet in corridors, will ask each other-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----what we are doing here.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: Who will be listening at midnight-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----or 1 a.m. to us debating issues like this? It is unacceptable.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: Am I in a position to table an amendment?

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: Instead of keeping on saying no, I am asking the Taoiseach sincerely. This is ridiculous. The debate on Committee Stage will adjourn, which means it can be continued again. We are talking about an hour for the Water Services Bill. I ask the Taoiseach not to take that this evening-----