Suspension of Member Tuesday, 15 November 2011

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An Ceann Comhairle:    I move: “That Deputy Sean Fleming be suspended from the service of the Dáil.”

Question put.

The Dáil divided: Tá, 81; Níl, 34.

Tá
Bannon, James.	Barry, Tom.
Broughan, Thomas P.	Burton, Joan.
Butler, Ray.	Buttimer, Jerry.
Byrne, Catherine.	Byrne, Eric.
Cannon, Ciarán.	Carey, Joe.
Coffey, Paudie.	Collins, Áine.
Conaghan, Michael.	Conlan, Seán.
Connaughton, Paul J.	Coonan, Noel.
Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.	Costello, Joe.
Coveney, Simon.	Creed, Michael.
Deasy, John.	Deering, Pat.
Dowds, Robert.	Durkan, Bernard J.
English, Damien.	Farrell, Alan.
Ferris, Anne.	Fitzgerald, Frances.
Fitzpatrick, Peter.	Flanagan, Charles.
Gilmore, Eamon.	Griffin, Brendan.
Hannigan, Dominic.	Harris, Simon.
Hayes, Brian.	Hayes, Tom.
Heydon, Martin.	Hogan, Phil.
Humphreys, Heather.	Humphreys, Kevin.
Keating, Derek.	Keaveney, Colm.
Kehoe, Paul.	Kenny, Enda.
Kyne, Seán.	Lawlor, Anthony.
Lynch, Ciarán.	Lynch, Kathleen.
Lyons, John.	McCarthy, Michael.
McEntee, Shane.	McFadden, Nicky.
McGinley, Dinny.	McHugh, Joe.
McLoughlin, Tony.	McNamara, Michael.
Maloney, Eamonn.	Mitchell, Olivia.
Mitchell O’Connor, Mary.	Mulherin, Michelle.
Murphy, Eoghan.	Nash, Gerald.
Nulty, Patrick.	Ó Ríordáin, Aodhán.
O’Donnell, Kieran.	O’Donovan, Patrick.
O’Reilly, Joe.	O’Sullivan, Jan.
Phelan, Ann.	Ring, Michael.
Shatter, Alan.	Shortall, Róisín.
Spring, Arthur.	Stagg, Emmet.
Stanton, David.	Timmins, Billy.
Tuffy, Joanna.	Twomey, Liam.
Wall, Jack.	Walsh, Brian.
White, Alex.

Níl
Adams, Gerry.	Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Calleary, Dara.	Collins, Joan.
Collins, Niall.	Cowen, Barry.
Daly, Clare.	Doherty, Pearse.
Dooley, Timmy.	Flanagan, Luke ‘Ming’.
Fleming, Sean.	Halligan, John.
Healy, Seamus.	Healy-Rae, Michael.
Higgins, Joe.	Kelleher, Billy.
Kitt, Michael P.	McConalogue, Charlie.
McGrath, Mattie.	McGrath, Michael.
McGuinness, John.	McLellan, Sandra.
Martin, Micheál.	Moynihan, Michael.
Murphy, Catherine.	Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
Ó Cuív, Éamon.	Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
O’Dea, Willie.	Pringle, Thomas.
Smith, Brendan.	Stanley, Brian.
Tóibín, Peadar.	Wallace, Mick.

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Emmet Stagg and Paul Kehoe; Níl, Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Michael Moynihan.

Question declared carried.

An Ceann Comhairle:    I call on Deputy Mitchell O’Connor without interruption on the first of the Topical Issue Matters.

Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor:    Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.

Deputy Charlie McConalogue:    On a point of order.

Deputies:  Will they stop this nonsense?

Deputy Pat Deering:    Suigh síos.

Deputy Willie O’Dea:    Deputies opposite should respect a point of order.

Deputy Billy Kelleher:    It is a point of order.

An Ceann Comhairle:    Will Deputy McConalogue please resume his seat?

Deputy Charlie McConalogue:    Can I make a point of order?

An Ceann Comhairle:    Resume your seat.

Deputy Charlie McConalogue:    On a point of order.

An Ceann Comhairle:    Deputy Sean Fleming must leave the House.

Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor:    Deputies opposite should be aware I have waited 40 minutes to raise this matter.

An Ceann Comhairle:    Deputy Sean Fleming is suspended from the House and must leave.

Deputy Charlie McConalogue:    On a point of order.

A Deputy:  The point of order is why Deputy Sean Fleming has not left.

Deputy Michael Creed:    Is Deputy Sean Fleming a democrat? He should leave the House.

[474]Deputy Jerry Buttimer:    All we are short of is Mary O’Rourke and Mary Hanafin to make a right laugh out of this.

An Ceann Comhairle:    I will ask the Superintendent to remove Deputy Sean Fleming from the House.

Deputy Michael Creed:    Deputy Sean Fleming is a disgrace.

An Ceann Comhairle:    I am sorry Deputies but I have to suspend the House for another five minutes to allow this nonsense to pass over.

Sitting suspended at 5.29 p.m. and resumed at 5.45 p.m.

Deputy Sean Fleming withdrew from the Chamber.

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