O'Hanlon, RoryThursday, 23 November 2006 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31.
Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. 
Having considered the matters raised, they are not in order under Standing Order 31.
Order of Business.
There are no proposals to put to the House on the Order of Business.
The matter does not arise on the Order of Business.
Does the Deputy have a question appropriate to the Order of Business? If he has not I would prefer he kept his questions and addressed them to the line Minister.
The Chair has already been generous this morning in allowing the Deputy two questions. I will allow the second if it is in order.
Come directly to the question.
Deputy Stanton’s leader is entitled to hear an answer to his question.
That does not arise on the Order of Business.
I suggest the Deputy raise the matter in the appropriate way, which the Chair will facilitate.
I would prefer if Deputy Rabbitte stayed within Standing Order 26, as everybody else is expected to do.
That does not arise on the Order of Business.
I called Deputy Sargent.
That does not arise on the Order of Business.
That is a question for the Tánaiste as line Minister. It is not a question for the Order of Business.
The Deputy will have to find another way of putting it on the record and the Chair will facilitate him.
Will the Deputy ask a question on promised legislation?
I wanted to alert the House to the fact that the Deputy was about to ask a question on promised legislation.
Is legislation promised?
Does the Deputy have a question appropriate to the Order of Business?
I suggest the Deputy find another way of raising the matter. The first question was on legislation.
This is the Order of Business and the Tánaiste is deputising for the Head of Government.
The Tánaiste is not in the House today in his capacity as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
Is legislation promised?
No legislation is promised. I call Deputy O’Sullivan.
Deputy Burton, we cannot have a debate on it.
We cannot have a debate on the issue.
Deputy Burton should facilitate her colleague, Deputy O’Sullivan, who has been called.
The Deputy is being disorderly.
I ask Deputy Burton to resume her seat.
I call Deputy O’Sullivan.
That does not arise at this stage.
I call Deputy Naughten.
It is not appropriate to refer to a Deputy in derogatory terms. I ask the Deputy to withdraw the remark.
It is not appropriate to discuss the content of the Bill at this stage.
It is not appropriate to go into detail about what might be in a Bill at this stage. I call Deputy Gormley.
A question appropriate to the Order of Business, Deputy.
That question was raised by the Deputy on Tuesday.
We cannot have a debate about the content of a Bill. The Tánaiste has answered the Deputy’s question. I call Deputy Sherlock.
I call Deputy Sherlock. The Deputy should submit a question to the line Minister.
The Chair has ruled it out of order.
I call Deputy Sherlock.
I ask Deputy Durkan to resume his seat.
It is not a matter for the Chair, but rather for Standing Orders. I suggest that——
——the Whips discuss the matter and the Chair will be glad to facilitate them. While I am on the point——
——-I want to make something else absolutely clear to the Deputy.
The Chair accepts full responsibility for questions that are refused. It is inappropriate for any Deputy to be discourteous to staff about questions that are turned down. The Chair——-
——will take full responsibility. I read the questions myself. If one looks at the statistics, one will find the Chair is very user friendly because we now have the lowest number of questions being r...
——in the history of the State. Those are the facts. I just want to make the point that——
——I will not accept Members going in and being discourteous to staff.
The staff are not responsible. I take full responsibility.
That question does not arise on the Order of Business and the Deputy must find another way of raising this matter. I call on Deputy Sherlock, who has been waiting very patiently.
Ethics in Public Office Bill 2006: First Stage.
Is the Bill opposed?
Since this is a Private Members’ Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members’ time.
Message from Select Committee.
The Select Committee on Environment and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Water Services Bill 2003 and has made amendments thereto.
Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage.
Is that agreed? Agreed.
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