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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Pat Moylan: There is precedent for putting down a motion stating, "notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders".

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Dan Boyle: ...Bills we must parse and analyse and to which we must respond. The statements with which we have been dealing this week and last arose from requests in the House. One thing that can be said about Standing Orders in this House is that they are more responsive than Standing Orders in the other House. It is not only the tolerance of the Chair that allows Members of this House to raise issues...

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008) See 3 other results from this debate

Joe O'Toole: ...We must contrive, find, invent or develop a way to have six different questions on six different issues as part of the same constitutional referendum. This is the only way to find out where people stand on these matters. We are creating a concert of opposition with the current approach. Some seven different people will have seven different reasons to oppose the treaty and will vote...

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on European Affairs: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: I move an amendment to the motion: To insert after the word "That" in the first line, ", notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders and the Order of the Seanad of 24 October 2007 in relation to the establishment of the Joint Committee on European Affairs,". This amendment is simply a fail-safe mechanism to ensure the committee is unchallengeable and above reproach. It covers the two areas...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Joe O'Toole: ..., to the joint committee, and then let the joint committee set up a new sub-committee, which is perfectly in order. Our actions today are open to challenge. They are not within our powers under Standing Orders or under the Standing Orders of the Dáil. One cannot give powers and then take them back, unless the option is to take from the joint committee the power to establish a...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2008)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is No. 1, referral to committee of four justice measures, to be taken without debate; No. 2, motion re Thornton prison, referral to committee; and No. 3, the substantive motion re development of a prison in the district electoral division of Kilsallaghan. It is proposed that No. 1, motion re (i) a proposal for a Council decision on the improvement of co-operation between...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Alex White: I support and second Senator Fitzgerald's call for the amendment of Standing Orders to provide for a debate on the issues raised in the "Prime Time Investigates" television programme last night. It was a particularly good analytical programme, which set out in stark terms the reality of what is happening throughout the child protection services presided over by the Health Service Executive,...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Pat Moylan: I dealt yesterday with the surly remark made in the House in accordance with Standing Orders 49 and 50 and will allow no further discussion on the matter. I want to put on record that the independence of the courts is enshrined in Article 35.2 of the Constitution which states, "All judges shall be independent in the exercise of their judicial functions and subject only to this Constitution...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)

Alan Kelly: I am aware of that and I appreciate that those are the Standing Orders. However, in the spirit of the motion I ask the Leader to consider it being taken.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Mary White: Will the Leader advise me of the last occasion the Standing Orders of the House were reviewed? I am now in my second term in the House. The Order of Business is a vigorous and robust session. I refer to the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill which was dealt with this week. I am pleased that the contributions were above political considerations and that Senators from both sides of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)

Dan Boyle: In answer to Senator Bacik's request for debates this week, the Leader of the House will respond to the status of the motion relating to Íngrid Betancourt and I will take responsibility for responding to Senator Bacik's Private Members' Bill on targets for climate change. Contrary to what is being said elsewhere, in particular by Friends of the Earth in current e-mails, it was not a promise...

Standing Orders: Motion (29 Nov 2007)

Seanad: Report on Seanad Reform: Motion (28 Nov 2007) See 1 other result from this debate

Déirdre de Búrca: I welcome the opportunity to address the motion, which is the first Private Members' motion tabled by me and my Green Party colleague, Senator Boyle. That we have tabled a motion on Seanad reform shows the importance we attach to the question. The issue was quite extensively debated during our first couple of sitting days in the House when Senators expressed their support for Seanad reform....

Seanad: Energy Security and Climate Change: Motion (7 Nov 2007)

Dan Boyle: I second the motion. One of the more interesting features of Standing Orders in this House is that the Government side has Private Members' time to highlight what it regards as interesting developments in specific policy areas, a facility not available in the other House. The side effect of this is that Government motions may sometimes appear self-congratulatory and other Senators may view...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Dan Boyle: ..., I would be dubious if such a consensus could be reached. Particular concerns have been expressed about how the Crisis Pregnancy Agency deals with certain organisations. There is scope under our Standing Orders for people to raise such matters either on the Adjournment or by framing a particular question as a motion for Private Members' business. Outside a wider agreement between...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re the report from the Committee on Procedures and Privileges concerning necessary changes to Standing Orders consequent to the establishment of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission and other technical changes. The report was circulated to all Members last night and the motion will be taken without debate; No. 2, Building Control Bill 2005 —...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (21 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I move that: Notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders and the Order of the Seanad of this day, it is proposed to take Nos. 3a and 3b on the Supplementary Order Paper. No. 3a is the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007. All Stages of No. 3a on the Supplementary Order to conclude not later than 11.55 p.m. The contribution of each group is at six minutes and the Minister to be called...

Seanad: Telecommunications Structures: Motion (8 Nov 2006)

Joe O'Toole: ...the Minister of State to the House and thank him for his contribution. It is important we discuss this issue although I do not understand why the Minister of State did not simply accept the motion. There is very little in it to which he could be opposed and he could have made a minor amendment to it if an empowerment provision needed to be included. There is very little in it that would...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

John Dardis: The Order of Business is Nos. 1, 2 and 29, motion 12. No. 1 is a motion that was referred to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights for consideration. The joint committee has now completed its deliberations. Under the Disability Act 2005, the six Departments named in the motion are required to produce sectoral plans relating to the delivery of services to...

Seanad: Petitions Committee: Motion (4 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: ...I raise for the Seanad to clarify. It can then bring forward the matter as the first item on the agenda for the meeting of 18 October where we can develop a real consensus around the idea. The motion focuses initially on the recommendations which could be effected, such as changes in Standing Orders, including the recommendation for the promotion of the Seanad as an appropriate place for...