Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Order of Business
11:00 am
Caít Keane (Fine Gael)
I congratulate the Deputy Leader for facilitating Senators and welcome the statement that we would have been facilitated further and a Bill would not have been guillotined if more information had been available. However, with regard to the Order of Business it is a waste of time to hear regurgitated what one hears on radio or reads in the newspapers.
I would like Seanad business to have productive and measurable outcomes. I ask the Leader and Committee on Procedure and Privileges to indicate what have been the outcomes of all the questions asked on the Order of Business. To cite one example, the matter raised by Senator Ó Domhnaill this morning, he spoke mar gheall ar an teanga Gaeilge. Beidh go leor ama againn tráthnóna inniu, mar beidh Bille os comhair an Tí ar 3.30 um thráthnóna. The debate on a Bill, to be taken in the House at 3.30 p.m., will allow Senators to raise the matter to which Senator Ó Domhnaill referred.
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