Seanad debates
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Business of Seanad
10:30 am
David Norris (Independent)
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There is usually an Order of Business, and for the Cathaoirleach to cancel it peremptorily is very unusual and an affront to democracy.
Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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There was an Order of Business and the time expired. The time set for the Order of Business is 55 minutes.
David Norris (Independent)
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It did not expire.
David Norris (Independent)
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It was the time the Cathaoirleach set for a sos that caused it to expire.
Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)
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On a point of order, the Leader did not respond to the Order of Business.
David Norris (Independent)
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Can we have the Leader’s response to the Order of Business, please? It is a matter of the ordinary process of the business of the House.
Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)
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We had an Order of Business that was not concluded.
Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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I have ruled on the matter.
David Norris (Independent)
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The Leader’s response does not eat into the time for the Order of Business. We demand the Leader’s response to the truncated Order of Business. Can we have that, please?
Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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The Order of Business is concluded.
Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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Can the Leader move an amendment to the Order of Business to allow himself to speak for a few minutes and address the issues that were raised earlier?
David Norris (Independent)
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It really is outrageous to have an Order of Business and for the Cathaoirleach not to permit the Leader to reply. That is an abuse of democracy. I am asking the Cathaoirleach to use his experience and wisdom to permit the Leader to reply.
Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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The Order of Business is concluded and decided on.
David Norris (Independent)
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That does not matter. The Leader should reply. The Cathaoirleach is censoring the Leader of the House. That is a very dangerous thing to do.
Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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There was a lot of disorder around.
Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)
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The Leader did not want to respond to the Order of Business.
David Norris (Independent)
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It is a disgrace.