Results 11,761-11,780 of 26,229 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am not prepared to be bullied either.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am not prepared to be bullied.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will call Deputy Bríd Smith, but before I do so, I wish to advise the House that the avenue available to the Deputy, which we have advised, is that she may recast the motion to bring it into order. This would involve redrafting it as a motion to refer the draft Standing Order to the Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform for its consideration. This option remains open to the Deputy....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Smith, I admire your passion for the particular issue, but I am afraid you are a little bit misguided. This is a constitutional assembly. We must have regard to the Constitution. When I signed the pledge here-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Excuse me, Deputy.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Calm yourself, Deputy. When I signed the pledge here-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Resume your seat, please. When I signed the pledge here I committed to be the Members' servant, not a slave to the system. We have reformed many aspects of how business is transacted here. However, we cannot unilaterally reform the provisions of the Constitution, which require a referendum to be changed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: For as long as-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: There is no point of order. For as long as the Constitution-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, Deputy. For as long as the Constitution states what is set out in Articles 17.2 and I think it is 28.4, we are constrained. The Deputies might wish we were not, but we must deal with the reality.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is not the advice I have.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can you resume your seat, Deputy?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: You are selectively quoting from the salient rulings of the Chair that refer to matters relating to legislation, not to Private Members' motions.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is also the case, as the House is well aware, that rulings of the Chair, as from all of my predecessors, must be accepted and cannot be challenged and debated on the floor of the House. In fact, we have given more than 20 minutes to a debate I probably should not have allowed-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----but I am anxious for people to have their say.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are going to proceed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am not getting involved in a further debate.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please do not be obstructive.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please do not be obstructive.