Results 6,861-6,880 of 9,894 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I am sure the Leader will not delay it unnecessarily.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Companies Bill 2012 is the longest piece of legislation ever to be proposed by a Government. It is important legislation and my party welcomes that Second Stage will take place today. On Committee Stage, I will look for an assurance that there will not be a guillotine or delay, and perhaps the Leader would look at some way to regulate the debate on Committee Stage. My party does not...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The only person who breached those Standing Orders this morning was the Leader of the House. The Cathaoirleach should ask him as a matter of course to withdraw the allegations that he made.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Will the Leader withdraw the allegation?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I have a serious point of order. The Cathaoirleach has never allowed the character of Members to be traduced or defamed in this House. In such circumstances, he must ask the Leader to withdraw-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Leader made a very serious allegation against Senator MacSharry and the Cathaoirleach has never allowed that to happen before.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Will the Cathaoirleach ask the Leader to withdrawn the allegation?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Leader made a serious allegation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: He said that Senator MacSharry was biased in the context of the banking inquiry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Even if he had €1 million outside the House-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Will the Cathaoirleach ask the Leader to withdraw the allegation he made? He would not allow me to make such an allegation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Leader should withdraw his allegation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Cathaoirleach cannot allow the defamatory allegation which has been made to stand.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Leader referred to a conflict of interests.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Leader should repeat his allegation outside the Seanad.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: It is not a worse accusation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: We are talking here about an allegation. The Cathaoirleach should oblige the Leader to withdrawn the allegation he made.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: What about the allegation? The Cathaoirleach does not need any guidelines to rule on that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Thomas Byrne: On a point of order and as the Cathaoirleach rightly stated, we amended Standing Orders to cover the perception of bias. Those Standing Orders do not, however, cover the Leader of the House making an off-the-cuff allegation about one Member. In fact, I am of the view that the Leader has poisoned the banking inquiry in the context of the defamatory allegation he made. It is the...