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Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I am not making a personal statement.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I have the right to speak freely, as I wish to, on the motion before the House. As a public representative, I have had many dealings with issues of this nature. I have carried out my duty to the best of my ability. Many decisions with which I have been associated over the past 25 years have concerned issues associated with the European Union and my constituency. I have no doubt that I...

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I regret that I will be leaving this House with many people believing that I do so under a cloud.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: Yes, of course.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I am not making a personal statement.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I am in possession and am entitled to make my contribution.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I owe it to the people of Ireland, my constituents and supporters to clear up issues surrounding the adverse publicity generated by certain sections of the gutter press in support of commercial activity-----

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: On a point of order.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I have been communicating with the Cathaoirleach since 9 March. I would like to make a personal explanation to the House. I believe it is within the Cathaoirleach's remit——

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I believe it is within the Cathaoirleach's remit. If he cannot accommodate me today, perhaps he can do so another day when the House is sitting.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: Can I presume——

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: ——that if my colleagues give permission for me to make a personal explanation the Cathaoirleach will accommodate that request?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: But if my colleagues agree to it, will you accommodate it?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: When I ask the Cathaoirleach a question I do not ask the Clerk a question.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I have been writing to the Cathaoirleach since 9 March and he has not been communicating with me.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: That is not so. I asked the Cathaoirleach a question.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I acknowledge and respect how the public voted last Friday week and congratulate all those elected to the 31st Dáil. I also congratulate Senator Darragh O'Brien on his nomination to the Seanad. I wish the new Government every success in the challenges that lie ahead for it. I am not going to get into whether it intends to adopt existing policies, but the new Government needs to offer hope...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: I was hoping to have an opportunity to ask the Cathaoirleach what would be involved if I wished to make a personal statement in the House, how I should go about it and when I could be accommodated. Will the Cathaoirleach clarify if, when a point of order is raised with him, he is obliged to rule on it? I draw his attention to the fact that I have been in correspondence with his office.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2011)

Ivor Callely: Is the Cathaoirleach obliged to rule on a point of order?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2011)

Ivor Callely: On previous occasions I have raised in this House the universal periodic review of human rights in Ireland which was the subject matter of a circular I received yesterday. I congratulate the group involved on organising the Your Rights Right Now conference which is due to take place on Monday, 31 January in the Civic Offices on Wood Quay. I have also received a circular from an Irish...