Announcement of Commission chairman

Summary

Mitchell suggested the chairman’s appointment was not announced in the Dáil because the appointee was the Minister’s second choice; the Chair ruled the question out of order.

Jim Mitchell Mr. Mitchell Fine Gael

In connection with Question No. 25, I should like to ask the Minister, in respect of the announcement of the appointment of the new chairman of the Industrial Relations Commission, if it was due to embarrassment that the Minister did not come before the House because this was his second choice? Would the Minister accept that the faux pas he made earlier——

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

I thought the Deputy had a sensible and relevant question to put.

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Jim Mitchell Mr. Mitchell Fine Gael

Is the Chair disputing the relevance of the question I have put?

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

I am ruling that it is not a question arising out of the question on the Order Paper. I am calling the next Question. The Deputy is not entitled to introduce argument of the type he is using. The Chair is protecting nobody, only those that Standing Orders are laid down to protect.

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