Ceisteanna-Questions. Oral Answers. - Legislation Directives.
- Labour legislation and directives 2 speeches
Kirk asks what legislation and directives the Department of Labour is examining or drafting and when they will come before the House; Kenny provides the requested information.
Seamus Kirk, Enda Kenny
- Question No. 18 repeatedly not reached 13 speeches
Browne protests that his question concerning young people in Wexford has again gone unanswered when priority questions began at 3.30 p.m. The Ceann Comhairle defends the draw and the time allowed, advises Browne to raise the procedure through his party Whip, and agrees he may withdraw and resubmit the question, without promising a higher place in the draw.
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, John Browne, Bertie Ahern
asked the Minister for Labour if he will report on all legislation and directives currently being examined or drafted within his Department and when such legislation will come before the House.
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Question No. 18 is in my name. I do not know if the gremlins are working against me but last month I had the same question down and when it came to 3.30 p.m. my question was not answered. The same thing happened today. It is totally unreasonable in the interests of the young people of Wexford that this question is continually left unanswered. I cannot understand how my name is coming out at the bottom of this famous lottery.
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I sincerely hope the Deputy is not casting any aspersions on the fairness of the draw. He is welcome to attend, participate in the draw and supervise it at any time. I must draw his attention to the fact that during the last hour I have been urging progress, trying to get on with questions, but I have not succeeded, although we did reasonably well today. This has not been anything like our worst day but——
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With due respect, I do not delay the House at Question Time. This is a very important question.
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An order of the House is made and if the Deputy is not satisfied with the new system of questions he should take steps to have it changed.
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The Deputy should take this up through his party Whip because I understand it will be considered again in the near future. This is a very big improvement on the procedure which existed previously where the Deputy might wait several months for an answer to his question.
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May I withdraw this question and have it put in for next month and hope that my number comes up then?
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I will not give any undertaking. I want to make it perfectly clear that I have nothing to do with the manipulation of the draw.
