Results 8,621-8,640 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: With all due respect, the Senator is wandering beyond the remit of this amendment No. 1.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: There may be other areas of the Bill where the Senator can contribute but I do not want him expanding on different views or parliamentary rules.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator MacSharry, you should understand my position.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I should have order. If I allow the Senator to wander and digress, I would have to allow the same latitude to others, and I cannot do that. We are on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: What the Senator is saying is outside the issue before us. I ask Senator Mullen to speak.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Yes, but the Senator has been digressing. I have ruled on the matter.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: If you accepted it, you would sit down.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator MacSharry, please.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: It is unfortunate that you are testing the patience of the Chair. I take it the Senator is not speaking any more on the Bill.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Is it a point of order?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: With all due respect, that is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Hold on one second. Senator Marc MacSharry had the floor before Senator Colm Burke. Senators should stop interrupting proceedings when they are not raising points of order. Most times, it is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I have ruled on the Senator's comment.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Does the Senator have a point of order to raise?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: That is not a point of order, as the Senator knows.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: That is not a point of order; it is a statement.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Yes, but that is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I remind Senators not to delay further. As the debate has proceeded, I have become cognisant of flimsy points of order being introduced. In fact, they are not points of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Unless Senators want the debate to roll on, they should allow Senator Jim Walsh to conclude. Four other Senators wish to contribute.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister for Health to the House. Before we commence, I remind Members that on Report Stage a Senator may speak only once, except the proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Also, on Report Stage each amendment must be seconded.