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Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: There are not.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: No, we will not be obliged to do so. It is already-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Standing Orders will not have to be changed.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: On a point of order once again, there is only one way to address this issue, namely, by suspending the Standing Orders of the House and engaging in a full-scale debate on the issue.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Ceann Comhairle should wait a second. He has not-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Ceann Comhairle refused to allow me to raise this matter earlier under the relevant Standing Order and that is his prerogative. However, there are other issues which arise and which are unassociated. These relate to the total and abysmal failure to deliver services to the public. The Government is charged with the responsibility for delivering such services.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: We have no other way of dealing with matters of this nature in the House.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I accept that but the Ceann Comhairle does have the right to allow matters such as that which I raised earlier. If he exercised that right, a debate on the matter could be facilitated.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: It is in order. The difficulty is that it is getting-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: No, Ceann Comhairle, I do not want to-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Government is delaying the business of the country.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Opposition is not receiving-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Is the Ceann Comhairle prepared to assist Deputies in upholding the rights of members of the public?

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Ceann Comhairle----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Ceann Comhairle need not ask me to leave. I do so in protest.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: If that is the way the Ceann Comhairle intends to conduct the business of the House, there is no point in me being present.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I do not want to disrupt the commencement of the Order of Business, but may I gently suggest that in the present climate, there must be some issue that is deemed sufficiently important to allow the adjournment of the House, such as the issue I brought to the Ceann Comhairle's attention yesterday and again this morning. I and other Members will bring such matters to the attention of the Ceann...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (25 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: -----is sufficient in my view and in the view of people outside the House to necessitate that the proceedings of the Dáil be adjourned to allow an emergency debate on those issues.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (24 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport his preferred options for the future development of air transport with particular reference to Dublin Airport; the extent to which he sees airlines (details supplied) and or other carriers operating through the airport; if he perceives a dominant role for any one carrier; the role he sees for the Dublin Airport Authority and the extent to which...

Written Answers — Transport 21: Transport 21 (24 Mar 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the objectives he set out in the context of Transport 21 have been achieved to date; the degree to which it is intended to meet the proposals contained therein in full within the projected timescale; the extent to which additional measures are likely to be incorporated in the plan; if any of the original proposals are likely...