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Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: That will be a first.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It is intended to deal with the Bill in the final sitting week.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The merchant shipping (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be introduced by the end of the year and I am assured by my colleague, the Minister, that boat loads more people will be decentralised to Ballinasloe, although that is not part of the legislation.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The legislation will be published in July.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It is hoped the legislation will be brought before the House by the summer.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: That is not going to happen.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy will be standing for a long time.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It is not arrogance.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: No.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: That is right.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: That is a matter for——

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The motion before the House deals with important legislation. Do Members want to discuss it or not?

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: This is a disgrace, as always.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: This motion deals with important legislation. If Members want criminality——

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It is a delegated function.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It is proposed to take No. 12a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 19a, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Regulations 2008; No. 12, Revised Estimates for Public Services 2008 — Votes 1 to 41, back from committee; No. 11, motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998; No. 22,...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: As all Members are aware, these Estimates were discussed in select committee, where they were taken line by line. There is a new process of dealing with Estimates comparative to output statements. Last year, the Minister for Finance afforded the opportunity to all Members of the Opposition to put forward an alternative budget. They did not take that opportunity in the past five years.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Fianna Fáil, when in opposition, put forward our proposals, which were, consequently, accepted by the people in the programme for Government. It is farcical and wrong to say there has not been discussion on the Estimates. There was full discussion by all Members, who are members of the respective committees, during recent weeks.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It gives a wrong message to people outside the House to say there has not been serious scrutiny of the Estimates procedure in recent months. With regard to a full and frank debate on the economy and the EU, the Government has agreed to an additional sitting week, when the economy and the EU will be specifically discussed in the context of an Adjournment debate.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Every Member will have the opportunity to speak on that very important issue. We are not ignoring it. That is why we are affording the opportunity of a specific Adjournment debate on those important issues.