Results 101-120 of 900 for long speaker:Seán Barrett

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Barrett: I have a long list of Members who wish to speak. I do not want an abuse of the opportunity to ask about promised legislation. No more speeches, please. I want Members to ask about promised legislation only and to be fair to the other Members. Otherwise, we will run out of time.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy can have a long conversation when the Bill is published.

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2013)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy has been around for long enough to know that decisions of the courts may not be discussed in this Chamber.

Business of Dáil (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Barrett: The only thing I can say is that for as long as I have been here - and long before me - if a Member is suspended he or she is suspended from the House and he or she is not entitled to be in the Chamber. Whether it is a constitutional right is not a matter that I can judge. It is a matter for the courts.

Business of Dáil (12 Dec 2012)

Seán Barrett: ...that in advance of selecting the relevant matter for discussion as a Topical Issue, I specifically wrote to all of the Deputies concerned and drew their attention to the provisions of Standing Orders and long-standing rulings of the Chair on the matter of parliamentary privilege and defamatory utterances, including invasions of privacy as regards persons outside the House who are...

Tributes to Staff Member (11 Dec 2012)

Seán Barrett: I join the Taoiseach in wishing Barry a happy and long retirement. I hope he breaks the pension fund and enjoys himself.

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)

Seán Barrett: We do not display leaflets in the Chamber. It is a long tradition. I ask the Minister to finish; we are over time.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Seán Barrett: We are all disappointed now. We thought at long last we had converted the Deputy.

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Seán Barrett: ...problems that we face. In addressing our challenges, let us remember the enduring values of solidarity, co-operation and hope which underpinned the EU’s establishment. As a parliamentarian of long standing, and also a student of history with a keen passion for books, President Schulz will be aware that parliamentary democracy is the bedrock of peace, stability and prosperity. I...

Private Notice Questions: Primary Care Centres Provision (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Barrett: ...already told Deputy Higgins that, if he wishes to make such statements, it can only be done by way of a substantive motion, not by throwing allegations onto the floor of the House. This is the long-standing ruling of various Cinn Comhairlí, not just me.

Private Notice Questions: Primary Care Centres Provision (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Barrett: ...can be made only by way of a substantive motion. To suggest that people are acting corruptly or improperly is not in order. I remind Deputies that this has been the tradition in this House for as long as the records show.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Barrett: When it comes before the House, Deputy Healy-Rae can have a long debate on it. When is the legislation due?

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)

Seán Barrett: At long last.

Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Barrett: We are not having a long debate on this.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Seán Barrett: It is a long-standing precedent.

Cabinet Committees (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy should restrain himself, please. The Deputy's question is whether there is a Cabinet committee on justice and defence but he has gone a long way beyond that.

Order of Business (20 Jun 2012)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy has a long list today.

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Seán Barrett: Deputy, will you please make your case? We cannot have a long debate on the stability treaty.

Topical Issue Matters (1 May 2012)

Seán Barrett: ...autism-specific legislation or a national autism strategy; (6) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister for Health to review urgently the cut in funding to St. Christopher's Services, Longford; (7) Deputy Jerry Buttimer - the sale of NAMA controlled land at Douglas, Cork; (8) Deputies Brendan Smith, Ciara Conway and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the need to provide clear guidelines to...

Topical Issue Matters (24 Apr 2012)

Seán Barrett: ...- the impact of the proposed new berthing fees on marine tourism and fishermen; (20) Deputy Dan Neville - the need to discuss the report on Narcolepsy; (21) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - the long term investment plan to prevent flooding in the Dublin area; (22) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need for the banks to be encouraged to participate in the resolution process for the residents of...