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Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: It will be the most restricted debate in the history of this House.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: That is not the issue.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: I said it is not the issue.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Whose fault is that?

Written Answers — Veterinary Services: Veterinary Services (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures he is taking to reduce the cost of veterinary medicines which are considerably more expensive here than in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45189/10]

Written Answers — National Recovery Plan: National Recovery Plan (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the proposed savings under the national recovery plan as they relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45208/10]

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Deputy Stanton can call it, himself.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Will there be Christmas drinks?

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: What is the Minister of State talking about?

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister of State will be aware that the Committee on Procedures and Privileges is the body which looks after our Standing Orders and is, therefore, in charge of Dáil reform. A sub-committee of the CPP sits in private. I agree that it should meet in private and disagree with my colleague on that point. That being said, would the Minister of State agree that the system of seeking...

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: -----on Dáil and institutional reform? Is the Minister of State aware that the Labour Party is putting forward a comprehensive proposal on Dáil and institutional reform? Is he further aware that Fine Gael and the Labour Party published a joint document before the last election on such reform? If we get a mandate, is he aware that we will implement that Dáil reform programme without a...

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: We will change the system of making decisions and we will get a mandate from the public to do that. Is the Minister of State aware that at the last full meeting of the Dáil reform sub-committee, chaired by then Government Chief Whip, Deputy Pat Carey, at which all parties agreed a limited package of reform to better use our time, Deputy Carey had to tell us-----

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: I am asking the Minister of State whether he is aware of this.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: I am asking if he is aware of this because on the basis of what he read out, he is not. The Government Chief Whip on that day had to tell the Opposition Whips that he was vetoed by the Taoiseach. He could not proceed any further and that was the end of Dáil reform. The Taoiseach vetoed progress. Deputy Curran should not bother with another meeting of the Dáil reform sub-committee before...

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: I am waiting a long time to contribute. Will the Ceann Comhairle give me an opportunity? Does the Minister of State agree that creating 1,000 quangos over the past 15 years has reduced to the House to a nonsense? Our power is given to us by the people and we have transferred that power from the House to 1,000 nameless so-called independent quangos.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: I will finish with this question. Does the Minister of State agree that the HSE is the only quango about which one can ask a question, even though it might take six months to get the answer? When we had health boards, questions had to be answered within three days. Fellows in charge of the health service are paid millions of euro in wages and they cannot answer a question for six months,...

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister of State should not bother having a meeting of the sub-committee.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: One can get a mandate.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Deputy should name them. They will not be there much longer.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Live horse and you will get grass.