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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: It was removed from the website of the Oireachtas.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: We should, then, have proceeded with a motion. The order, as adopted by the House on Tuesday, applies if not overturned by a next vote of the Dáil.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I am not interested in a suspension of the House but it seems highly unusual that the Dáil's business would be changed without a vote. It is quite undemocratic and is very problematic. It is the second substantial thing that has happened this week. We should return to it in future but it should not have been removed from the website, for example, without the agreement of this...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Exactly.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: We agreed the second Business Committee report, which included a slot "to be confirmed" for our motion. That stayed on the website, for example, until this morning at some point when it was removed. How can that have happened without a vote of the Dáil?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: This has significant implications because one of the reasons the High Court judge did not give us an interlocutory injunction was because of the idea the Dáil had voted to not have our Members' business. Can I get clarity that did not happen, that the House did not vote on any aspect of Private Members' business yesterday?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Okay.

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I welcome the workers in the Visitors Gallery. This is an incredibly simple issue. We need a rapid, just transition to a net zero carbon economy by 2030, which means moving away rapidly from fossil fuels. It means the use of finite resources such as peat for energy supply must stop immediately. It is incredibly costly to our livable planet to continue to use them. We have to do this in a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: As an Opposition should in a democracy, we can put a motion but when it is passed, it can be ignored by the Government.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: We can put forward Bills that are passed on Second Stage and then blocked. Now, when we try to amend Standing Orders, the Ceann Comhairle simply rules that out of order and our motion is being deleted.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: It is unprecedented and outrageous that the democratic wish of the Dáil is repeatedly interfered with by the Government.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Unfortunately, the Ceann Comhairle is allowing this.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: It is about the right to interpret the Constitution as opposed to implementing and amending Standing Orders.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Ceann Comhairle is covering up for unconstitutionality and acting as a mudguard for the Government.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Our amendment brings Standing Orders into line with the Constitution.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Many of the comments made today are a bit external to the point. The point here is that you, a Cheann Comhairle, have not given a reason based on Standing Orders as to why you have ruled our motion out of order. You did not do it in a letter or in oral form today. Instead, you have referred to the Constitution. You have given a constitutional reason for our motion being out of order....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: You are acting outside of the Standing Orders. It is clear in what is interpreted by the salient rulings of the Chair. You do not rule on the constitutionality of any measure coming before the House, but that is what you are doing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: If you are ruling something out of order, a Cheann Comhairle, you have to give us the Standing Order under which you are doing it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I can.