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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: It is unfair to people who have other questions that are never reached because we stray off into other areas. My job, which is not very popular, is to say "No, the Deputy cannot". It is easier for me to sit back and let Deputy Adams ramble on for an hour until it is finished.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: I am asking the Deputy to move on now to Question No. 3 which is a real question about discussions the Taoiseach has had with church leaders.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy has got his answer four times to Questions Nos. 1 and 2. He may not be happy with the answer but he can come back to it the next day.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy put supplementary questions three or four times.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: We are really straying as I understand this would not be discussed at a Cabinet economic infrastructure committee.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: I do not know and the Deputy is asking questions. I am only telling him what I have heard. The question does not concern water. We must stay within the rules to some degree, please.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: A simple question has been asked concerning the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on economic infrastructure that have been held in the past three months. The Taoiseach has given the answer. The question did not ask about Irish Water.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: Do not take me for a fool as I am long enough around not to be treated like that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: Let us stick to the rules of the game to some extent at least.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: Correct. It is not appropriate to put questions to the Taoiseach when another specific question regarding a number of meetings has been asked.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy and his colleagues in Northern Ireland have Question Time, as we do, with questions asked and an answer expected. A habit has grown whereby we deal with four or five questions in the entire hour because we stray into other areas. The result is we never get through the agenda. Do not try to put pressure on me.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: I call Deputy Joe Higgins.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: I have called Deputy Joe Higgins.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: Correct.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: That is a separate question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: I am afraid that is a separate question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: I am sorry for interrupting but the question asked concerned the number of meetings held.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: If somebody asked about the purpose of the economic infrastructure committee, it would be a different issue. This is a simple question concerning the number of meetings held. We are not getting through the agenda because of this.