As you are aware I put forward a Private Notice Question for your consideration but I understand that you have ruled it out of order.

I considered the advice which I had received in relation to the Deputy's Private Notice Question with a view to deciding whether it met the criteria for a Private Notice Question with particular reference to urgency. I had no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that it did not meet the required criteria and, consequently, I ruled it out of order.

I know you will not allow me to enter into debate with you on this issue but as someone who reads all the national newspapers you will appreciate——

I will not tolerate a speech on a matter that has been ruled out of order.

Would you not regard it as a matter of major public importance?

Not only is the Deputy questioning the Chair's ruling but he is availing of this performance to make a speech on a matter that I have ruled out of order. If the Deputy thinks for a while he will conclude that he is being totally disorderly.

I propose that on the Adjournment of the Dáil——

Is the Deputy seeking to raise the matter on the Adjournment?

I wish to raise on the Adjournment the question of the jobbery that is operated by the Minister, Deputy Mitchell, in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs and in the Department of Defence.

The Deputy is out of order and must resume his seat. He may not elaborate on a matter that has been ruled out of order. He must not turn the House into a farce.

I have endeavoured to raise an urgent national issue.

I am ruling the Deputy out of order and asking him to resume his seat. I will not tolerate his attitude. If he refuses to resume his seat I shall ask him to leave the House.

Surely I am entitled to finish a question as to whether I might be allowed to raise a matter on the Adjournment. In the House yesterday——

The Chair is not prepared to listen to the Deputy talk of something that happened here yesterday.

The Chair is aware of the matter I am trying to raise.

The Chair will communicate with the Deputy if he is asking to raise the matter on the Adjournment.

Favourably, I hope.

The remaining questions will appear on the Order Paper for Tuesday next, 14 June 1983.