Results 101-120 of 920 for long speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I assure Deputy Fitzpatrick there will be no guillotine on this or any other legislation. We have long since left-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am sorry, but we have to proceed to Question No. 4. I appeal to Members. If it takes too long to ask questions, we will not have time to get the answers, but I have very little control over it. I am in the hands of Members.

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is not a Second Stage debate. You have been here a long time. You are very familiar with the rules of the House. You know them very well.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Area Plans (11 Jul 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: You would not want to stand on it for too long.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: If the Minister of State is let off in the wrong direction, we will be here for a very long time.

Topical Issue Matters (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ..., Darragh O'Brien, Clare Daly, Louise O'Reilly and Brendan Ryan - to discuss the ongoing water supply issues in Skerries, County Dublin; (10) Deputy Brian Stanley - to discuss with the Minister the long waiting lists in counties Laois and Offaly for occupational therapy and physiotherapy; (11) Deputy Eoin Ó Broin - to discuss the inclusion of foster parents in the one-parent family...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before I call on the Taoiseach to respond, it is a long-standing precedent of the House not to mention people outside it by name or in such a way as to make them identifiable.

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...is in the Chamber first or who picks numbers in advance. On the issue of timing, however, if Members are unhappy with the time provided, I ask them to come forward with proposals to change it. As long as the rules of the House provide for a specific amount of time, my responsibility is to ensure that all Members adhere to the rules. The rules are for all 158 of us and no individuals are...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...passing of Peter Mathews, it is appropriate that the House avails of this opportunity to pay tribute to him. Over the course of his membership of the 31st Dáil, I enjoyed many conversations - very long conversations, very often - on a great deal of issues with Peter. In fact, the only thing longer than the conversations were the text messages that I got from him from time to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy cannot make a long statement on these matters. A brief question is provided for.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy cannot make a long statement on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: There are four questioners. If we are going to have very long questions we will not have any answers.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...will probably have to interrupt in the middle of one of those contributions to ask the Deputy to propose the Adjournment because we are due to finish at 10.15 p.m. Deputy Byrne has been waiting a long time.

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...wind was blowing. He was a really devoted politician of conviction and he never departed from those convictions. We all know him to have been a man of substance. All of us would have to say that his long service greatly benefited this country and those who observed him observed the characteristics of dignity and integrity. We would all do well to be able to emulate those...

Order of Business (20 Sep 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...Sinn Féin alone but the reality is that the rules are made by all of us here. We set out these rules. If they are idiotic rules they are idiotic rules that we have set out for ourselves and as long as they are in place we must adhere to them. If we had sufficient foresight before the summer recess, the Seanad might have made a different decision.

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: As long as we are very clear that we are not attributing anything to Vice Admiral Mellett. I call Deputy O'Sullivan.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: There is long-established precedent here.

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It did not take the Minister of State long to get it off the ground when he hit the Department. Well done to him.

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That was a very long sentence.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: There is a long-established rule of the House, Deputy.