 Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32.  Order of Business.
Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan):   It is proposed to take No. 25, Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009 + An Ceann Comhairle: There are five proposals to be put to the House. Is the proposal that the + Deputy Richard Bruton: I challenge this move to adjourn. Yesterday, a vital report was produced by ++ An Ceann Comhairle: It cannot be debated now. Deputy Richard Bruton: The trouble is that the Government is falling into that position. An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Bruton has made his point. He has been given a great deal of latitude. Deputy Richard Bruton: It is important to realise that the IMF has indicated there are serious + An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy has made his point. Deputy Richard Bruton: ——and whether there should be a bank resolution scheme. There are + An Ceann Comhairle: A proposal by the Minister on how items are to be dealt with is a technical + Deputy Eamon Gilmore: Before we can agree any business today we must hear from the Government when + Deputy Brian Lenihan: They are not. The Deputy should read the reports. Deputy Eamon Gilmore: I cannot imagine a Minister for Finance in any other country who, having + (Interruptions). Deputy James Bannon: They are the laughing stock of Europe. A Deputy: Right, James. Deputy Eamon Gilmore: ——that it had nothing to do with him, that he really was not part + Deputy Paul Kehoe: Like Jackie Healy Rae. A distant supporter. Deputy Eamon Gilmore: This report on the economy is very serious. It is quite at variance with the + Deputy Dinny McGinley: The green shoots. Deputy Eamon Gilmore: Does the Government still believe the economy will return to rapid growth in + An Ceann Comhairle: We cannot debate that now, Deputy Gilmore. Deputy Eamon Gilmore: These are issues—— An Ceann Comhairle: I will not have statements about it. Deputy Eamon Gilmore: That is my point. I appreciate that I will not have the opportunity of ++ Deputies: Hear, hear. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There should be no surprise that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan, saw ++ An Ceann Comhairle: We cannot have this now. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He made a stoic effort to do so but failed because the truth is there is + An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Ó Caoláin, you must keep to the proposal before the House + Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——going back to 1997 when this Government, under Fianna Fáil, + An Ceann Comhairle: You have made your point now. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is a fact. I join with other colleagues in requesting confirmation that + Deputy Brian Lenihan: A debate on this subject is a matter for the Whips. Clearly, Members of the + Deputies: Hear, hear. Deputy Brian Lenihan: The IMF states that the Government’s policies are the right ones. Deputy Brian Hayes: Just like the PricewaterhouseCoopers report. Deputy Brian Lenihan: I refer Deputies to paragraph 45 of the report which states that on the two + Deputy Brian Hayes: Did the Minister read the next paragraph? Deputy Pat Rabbitte: That is like Albert Reynolds. Deputy Brian Lenihan: The two priority areas referred to—— (Interruptions). Deputy Brian Lenihan: The Deputies do not like it when it is pointed out to them. The two priority ++ Deputy Richard Bruton: Read paragraph 25. Deputy Seymour Crawford: He cannot. An Ceann Comhairle: Listen to what the Minister has to say, for goodness sake. Deputy Brian Lenihan: ——states the Government has moved with resolve to counter the + Deputy Joan Burton: Read paragraph 25. Deputy Brian Lenihan: ——as pivotal to the orderly restructuring of the financial sector + Deputy Joan Burton: Paragraph 25. Deputy Seymour Crawford: He cannot read paragraph 25. Deputy Brian Lenihan: ——NAMA offers the prospect of extracting the stressed assets from ++ Deputy Brian Hayes: Has the debate started, a Cheann Comhairle? An Ceann Comhairle: I can assure Deputy Hayes I did not start it. Let him finish now. Deputy Brian Lenihan: The IMF supports the important steps to stabilise the financial system taken by + Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: Dream on. Deputy Brian Lenihan: Paragraph 33 states that the basic approach and elements of the plan are + Deputy Joan Burton: Can the Minister go back to paragraph 25? Deputy Brian Lenihan: Paragraph 51 of the report states that the initial reliance on increases in + Deputy Fergus O’Dowd: He is born again. Deputy Brian Lenihan: What is needed now—— (Interruptions). An Ceann Comhairle: Hold on a second. Deputy Paul Kehoe: The Minister is reeling in the years now. Deputy Brian Lenihan: Clearly, the Deputies opposite have a lot of reading to do. An Ceann Comhairle: I will throw Deputies out of the House if this continues.+ Deputy Pat Rabbitte: I have not seen anything like that since Albert Reynolds read the first few + An Ceann Comhairle: Is the proposal for dealing with No. 25 agreed? (Interruptions). An Ceann Comhairle: I call on Deputy Ó Caoláin on this proposal. Deputy Dermot Ahern: Did the Deputy find it under the printing press? An Ceann Comhairle: Never mind the printing presses now. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is proposed to guillotine the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009 at 1. + Deputy Billy Kelleher: Was the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill not addressed by Deputy Ó + Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We oppose the imposition of the guillotine in respect of the Criminal Justice + An Ceann Comhairle: I call on the Minister on proposal No. 2. Deputy Brian Lenihan: This Bill was considered by the Select Committee on Justice, Equality and Law ++ An Ceann Comhairle: |