Results 9,801-9,820 of 12,360 for speaker:Rory O'Hanlon

Hospital Services. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: I ask the Deputy to allow the Minister of State to speak without interruption.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: Perhaps instead of a cosy chat across the floor——

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: ——we might return to the Fifth Stage of the Bill which allows Deputies to comment on its contents.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: I am afraid that the Chair has been somewhat lax in allowing several Deputies to stray beyond the Bill, and now we end up with a friendly chat across the floor between the Minister and Deputy Connolly.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: Perhaps Deputy Connolly might return to the Fifth Stage of the Bill and the Minister remain silent for a few minutes, after which he will have an opportunity to conclude.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: The Minister will have an opportunity to contribute if he allows Deputy Connolly to conclude and remain on the subject of Fifth Stage.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: Please allow Deputy Connolly to speak.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: I advise the Minister that he may be straying once more from the Bill.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: As the Bill is considered by virtue of Article 20.2.2o of the Constitution to be a Bill initiated in the Dáil, it will be sent to the Seanad.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: The Deputy is being repetitive. He asked the question and the Taoiseach has answered it. Under Standing Orders the Taoiseach is entitled——

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: Standing Order 26 states specifically the proviso that "the Taoiseach may defer replying to a question relating to the making of secondary legislation to another day."

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: We are not debating the matter. The Chair has ruled on the matter.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: The Chair will take a point of order.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: That is not a point of order.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: The Deputy should resume his seat. He has asked a question which the Taoiseach answered in accordance with Standing Order 26.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: In accordance with Standing Order 26, the Taoiseach answered the question.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: Deputy Rabbitte should sit down.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: The Deputy asked a legitimate question to which the Taoiseach gave a legitimate answer under Standing Order 26.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: Standing Order 26 is quite specific, a question on secondary legislation need not be answered on the day it is asked. It may be deferred to another day. The Standing Orders are laid down by the Members of the House.

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Rory O'Hanlon: That does not arise on the Order of Business.