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Dáil Eireann Debate
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Order of Business.
Is the proposal for dealing with No. 4 agreed? Agreed.
Order, please.
We cannot have a debate on the matter.
The Deputy should be brief.
Order, please. I call Deputy Quinn.
These issues can be pursued in other ways.
Does the Taoiseach wish to make a final comment?
The matter was raised yesterday, but does the Taoiseach wish to make a brief comment?
The matter is not appropriate to the Order of Business.
The Deputy should pursue the matter in another way. Deputy Sargent.
I have called Deputy Sargent.
The Deputy should pursue the matter in another way, it is not appropriate on the Order of Business. I have called Deputy Sargent. Will Deputy Allen please resume his seat. (Interruptions).
The Taoiseach on legislation.
Deputy Yates. We cannot debate this matter further. We must move on.
We cannot discuss matters raised at the committee meeting until we get a report.
The Deputy must ask a question about promised legislation.
Does the Deputy's question relate to legislation?
The Deputy may only ask about promised legislation.
My office does not have control over the transfer of questions.
Deputy John Bruton on legislation.
The Deputy may pursue the matter in another way.
On legislation, Deputy Bruton.
I have asked Deputy Bruton to—
If the Deputy resumes his seat—
If the House wishes to pursue this matter it should be done by way of motion.
I allowed a great deal of time on this question earlier. We are dealing now with the Order of Business.
The Deputy should pursue the matter by way of motion.
We are on the Order of Business and cannot pursue this matter any further. The Deputy has been allowed to state his case. The Deputy should resume his seat on this issue. Deputy Joe Higgins.
I have called Deputy Joe Higgins.
Please ask a question. The Deputy should not make comments.
The Deputy is being disorderly.
That question is not in order. I have ruled that that question is not in order. The Deputy should find another way to pursue that matter. The Taoiseach on legislation.
That question is not appropriate to the Order of Business. The Deputy may pursue that by way of parliamentary question.
Deputy Eamon Gilmore.
We cannot debate the issue now. Deputy Austin Currie.
That matter is not one for the Order of Business. The Deputy may pursue the matter in another way. (Interruptions).
Will the Deputy resume his seat?
The Deputy is giving a bad example. I call Deputy Michael Higgins.
I ask Members to allow Deputy Michael Higgins to speak.
Questions on conversations are not permissible on the Order of Business.
Has this something to do with promised legislation? The Deputy will have to find another way to raise that matter.
That is not in order on the Order of Business. The Deputy should resume his seat. He is being disorderly. I call Deputy Jim Higgins.
Statements are not in order on the Order of Business. I ask the Deputy to put a question to the Taoiseach.
The Deputy is making a statement. He should ask a question.
National Minimum Wage Bill, 2000: Second Stage (Resumed).
Is that agreed? Agreed.
Is that agreed? Agreed.
Will the Deputies who are claiming a division please rise in their places? Deputies Higgins (Dublin West) and Sargent rose.
As fewer than ten Members have risen in their places, I declare the question carried. The names of the Deputies who claimed the division will be recorded in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Dáil....
Ceisteanna–Questions. Priority Questions. - Legislative Changes.
The time is running out for this question.
I am just warning the Deputy that the time—
There is a time limit on the Minister for priority questions.
The Deputy must realise that the rules which—
The Deputy should consult his representative on the rules committee. The Chair has no option but to implement the rules, and the rules are quite clear.
The Chair has no option but to operate the rules.
I want to make it clear that there will not be time for the Minister to reply.
No. The time on this question—
The Chair obeys the rules of the House.
We must have order.
We must have order, please.
Let us have order. I will allow the Deputy finish his question but he must be very brief.
The Minister must be very brief.
Please allow the Minister to conclude.
We must move on to Question No. 3.
I call on the Minister to answer Question No. 3.
Other Questions. - Consultancy Contracts.
I must draw to the attention of the House, before proceeding to ordinary questions, that the House, without opposition, has adopted rules governing the timing of these questions. The Minister's initia...
We must now proceed to Question No. 6.
We must proceed to Question No. 6.
No, the Chair has no option. We have exceeded the six minute time limit.
I have called Question No. 6. We must have order in the House and comply with the order of the Dáil which lays down these time limits.
Other Questions. - Arts Funding.
Deputy Brian O'Shea.
The Minister has exceeded her time. Deputy Brian O'Shea.
The Minister's time is up.
We must move on to the next question.
Other Questions. - Bord na Gaeilge.
Tá an t-am thart.
Ceist a naoí.
Other Questions. - Bird Population Decline.
The Minister's time is up.
Other Questions. - Údarás na Gaeltachta.
Tá an t-am thart.
Ceist a haondéag.
Other Questions. - Seal Population.
That concludes Question Time for today. Written Answers follow Adjournment Debate.
Adjournment Debate Matters.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Deenihan – the urgent need for...
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