Results 9,241-9,260 of 26,225 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is a very serious charge, Deputy. I did not hear any contradictory advice given to anybody. I refute the idea that the parliamentary legal department gave contradictory advice to anyone. I also refute the allegation that we are trying to block something that is somebody's constitutional initiative. You have tabled, as is your right, a motion which you could take, if you wanted to,...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Okay. Thank you very much, Deputy.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the proposal for dealing with Thursday's business agreed to?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Again, I reiterate that you have two hours on Wednesday evening which, if you chose, you could use to deal with this particular matter, but you have chosen not to use those two hours for that particular matter. That is a simple fact.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Sorry, I am not finished. The point you make about Deputy Mac Lochlainn's earlier intervention is very valid. This is a matter that can be discussed in detail at the Dáil reform committee. We may not have a perfect system in existence here, but from my point of view, I accept the advice given to me by skilled legal officers and by experienced senior personnel here in the Houses of the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The reform committee can look at it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the proposal for dealing with Wednesday's business agreed to?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We cannot get into that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We cannot get into that. Wait now, please. We have a highly reputable skilled and experienced legal team who work for us here in the Houses of the Oireachtas. They have taken on numerous cases on our behalf. We have put our faith in them. I have absolute faith in them, as I have absolute faith in the senior members of the service who are absolutely objective and impartial. They have...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, you are not the leader of the group. Deputy Paul Murphy has been speaking.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Resume your seat, Deputy Smith.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: What are you doing, Deputy?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It does not present any problem.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We cannot drive the horse backwards and forwards at the same time. It is that we either accept the advice or we do not.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Then bring that up at the Dáil reform committee.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is a perfectly reasonable proposition.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: As a member of the Dáil reform committee, you can bring it up there.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Do that. Is the proposal for dealing with today's business agreed to?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The House has agreed that, for the duration of this crisis, the rapporteur's report on the Business Committee will be taken as read. Is the proposal for dealing with Tuesday's business agreed to?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, you have been advised on two occasions in relation to this. The interpretation of Standing Orders is not mine alone. The interpretation of Standing Orders that you have been given is that of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service, of our legal department and is the interpretation, I think, of the majority of members of the Business Committee, all of whom have made it abundantly clear...