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Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: The proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 14 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 11.30 p.m.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: Is that agreed?

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No. I indicate again that I object to taking the Bill in this format, to the total exclusion of any attempt by the House to address the proposal to apply universally electronic voting in the June local and European elections.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Question, "That the proposal regarding No. 14 be agreed to", put and declared carried.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: Is the proposal for dealing with Private Members' Business agreed? Agreed.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise a matter on the Order of Business arising from the double vote on the expulsion of a Deputy, which occurred earlier. My point refers to the way in which we do business in the House. On 21 January the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform published the provisional crime statistics for 2003. He attributed the 2% fall in crime statistics to the enactment of two Acts —...

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: I am sorry to intervene, Deputy Kenny. I will hear one Member from each of the parties on this issue.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Deasy sought the statistics that backed up the Minister's public comments. On 28 January, in a written reply, the Minister informed Deputy Deasy that the Garda Síochána had no statistics on the number of prosecutions secured under the Intoxicating Liquor Act. In a priority question last week, Deputy Deasy asked about the number of orders made under the Criminal Justice (Public Order)...

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: We have not refused to answer questions.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform knew he would be in London last week so he should have made an order for a change in the questions rota, instead of sending in the Ministers of State, Deputies O'Dea and Brian Lenihan. With respect to them, they are not senior Ministers.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: They may be soon.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: It is not good enough for this House of Parliament. It denigrates our democracy and the way people view politics. It does not do any good for the effective running of the House. It was on that basis that I raised my objections to the way in which Deputy Deasy was expelled from the House when seeking legitimate answers to legitimate questions. It is your responsibility, Sir, to see that the...

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: In recent times the House has attracted increasingly denigratory coverage. One of the main reasons for this is, undoubtedly, the manner in which we organise our affairs, which is dictated by the Government. Most of the parties in Opposition have prepared extensive proposals for Dáil reform. My party submitted an 80-page document on Dáil reform to the Government Chief Whip. Notwithstanding...

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: Yes, I did. I sought to change the rota but it was impossible to do so.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister sought too late to change it. It was his problem, on his side of the House, that he could not change it.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Was the Minister's phone not working?

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: What the Minister did was delay the disastrous 2002 figures and issue them simultaneously with the 2003 figures which showed an improvement on a disastrous picture. That is what he did.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: That is not true.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: He manipulated the presentation and——

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: That is rubbish. It is another lie.