I had a Private Notice Question down asking the Minister for Justice to explain the circumstances in which the guru of the rich and his party had been allowed to remain in the country——

I disallowed that question and I conveyed a message to that effect to the Deputy. At the Deputy's request we have put the question down for written reply.

That man is a deportee from the US and the Chair's reason for refusing to allow me raise it in the form of a Private Notice Question was that he had arrived in Ireland on 7 March. We did not learn about his presence here until this morning. The Department of Justice may have been aware of it but we did not learn about him until we read a story in the media.

I have ruled in accordance with Standing Orders.

We sought to raise the matter on the grounds of urgency. The man concerned has been deported from the US under allegations of fraud and I was anxious to ask the Minister if there were any allegations that he had been involved in drugs.

I am not going to have an argument about this because if I did there would be hours of argument each day and apart altogether from my blood pressure, I would waste a lot of the time of the House.

From the point of view of urgency——

I will not permit the Deputy to say any more. He is abusing the procedures of the House by trying to get on the record, and elsewhere, something I have ruled out of order. I am calling Deputy Skelly to resume on the next item.

I should like to put a different question to the Minister for Justice. Yesterday the Minister sent two penniless Ethiopians out of the country but today he has allowed the guru of the rich to stay here. I want a statement from Minister on this matter.

The Deputy should resume his seat. He will not get a statement in this way.

May I have a written reply to my question?

The Deputy will have to table the question.

I wanted the question to go for written reply instead of oral reply.

The Deputy will have to hand the question in to the General Office.

My reason for seeking a written reply is that I will get one within a week but I would have to wait for one month for an oral reply.

I know I have spoiled all Deputies but I do not wish to make babies of them altogether.

The Chair is acting in a very fatherly way today.