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Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: They stand equally with the Standing Orders of the House. He has given the ruling.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Well——

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Will it be ruled in order? That is the next question.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Can the Leas-Chathaoirleach address the point made by Senator Quinn?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator withdrew it. Those are the words used by the proposer of the amendment. He said he was withdrawing the amendment.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, what is the Cathaoirleach's ruling on this? Can the Cathaoirleach clarify his ruling on Senator Quinn's point?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Whether the Chair was of that opinion or not, this is either correct or incorrect.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Does it then render the procedure of House that we adopted at the time incorrect? What are the implications of this on the Bill?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: If we have not obeyed the procedural rules of the House on this Bill then there are implications for the Bill.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister of State should stick to the amendment.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Cheap shots.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: That was as a result of rushed legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator is taking over the Chair.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: At what time will that be?

Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Some ten years in government.

Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Government has wasted the boom.

Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Government is not capable of that.

Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: It is gone with the washing.

Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I listened to the bluff and bluster of Senator MacSharry who seeks another Tallaght strategy. It is not the first time the Senator has referred to the Tallaght strategy.

Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: He seeks responsible opposition. Like Senator Alex White, I assure Senator MacSharry that if he believes the Opposition will bail him out by proposing a list of cuts, he is knocking on the wrong door. If he wants the Fine Gael Party to make proposals, I suggest he reads our detailed plan entitled Recovery through Reform, which contains key action points to deal with the current crisis.